Different ways of posing a yes / no question

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So it occurs to me there are different ways to ask for confirmation. For example I might day “ were you a soldier before “ or I could say “ you were a soldier before, right?” They have a slightly different nuance. How should we incorporate this into our 123 matrix?

Confirmation question (like English “…right?”)

أنتَ كنتَ جنديًا من قبل، أليس كذلك؟

You were a soldier before, right?

Or more informal:

كنتَ جندي قبل… صح؟

You were a soldier before… right?

3 — Negation

لم تكن جنديًا من قبل.

You weren’t a soldier before

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