How do I properly place each character in "in which country do you eat dinner?"

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I am trying to figure out how to write "In which country do you eat dinner?"

I know I need 你 (you), 哪 (which(which is my vocabulary word)), 个 (measure word), 国 (country), 吃 (eat), and 晚饭 (dinner).

I just don't know in what order I should put the sentence! For example, should I put 你 before 哪? Tell me if any of these two following sentences are correct:

你吃晚饭哪个国吗?
哪个国你吃晚饭？

the modal particle （语气助词）吗 can be attached at the end of a 是非问句， i。e。 yes or no question， therefore as in the answers below there should be no 吗 at the end， in case there is an interrogative pronoun （疑问的代词）like 哪，呢 can be attached。 — user6065, Mar 22 '15 at 16:24
Normally, a native Chinese speaker would say 国家 for “country”. — Axel Tong, Jan 20 '20 at 13:29

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '15 at 05:00

I'm also not sure what the original english phrase means, but normal phrase order has the subject first , followed by time, place and then verb+adverb.

If your sentence is "IN which country you eat dinner?" the sentence should be 你在哪个国家吃晚饭？

PdotWang · Answer 2 · 2015-02-04T13:40:06.407

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Which country do you eat dinner?

你去哪个国家吃晚饭？

edited Feb 04 '15 at 13:40

answered Feb 04 '15 at 02:45

PdotWang

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '15 at 11:31

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As a Chinese, I would translate this in to "你在哪个国家吃晚饭？".

answered Feb 04 '15 at 11:31

Douglas Su

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How do I properly place each character in "in which country do you eat dinner?"

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