Timeline for Generally speaking, is it not possible to indicate 'was' or 'were' on '是‘？
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| Dec 12, 2014 at 21:07 | comment | added | Leo supports Monica Cellio | I agree with your interpretation, but "aren't you working?" and "are you working?" mean the same in English (+/- the implicit expectation of an affirmative answer in the first case). So I would rather translate it more accurately (though not more idiomatically) like "Yingzi, you are NOT working for a company, RIGHT?" | |
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| Dec 5, 2014 at 12:39 | history | answered | Alex Yen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |