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Phrasing Questions Politely
I was chatting with someone today who has been practicing their Mandarin with some native Mandarin-speaking friends. He said that his friends told him that the way he phrased his questions was a bit rude, as if he had an attitude. I know that one of the tutorial videos explains how questions tend to be very direct in Mandarin, but clearly his friends feel that there is a way to make them more polite. Any thoughts?