"You are coming to see me tomorrow? That's great!"

Translation: 你明天来看我？好极了！

[Earliebirdie]

No 吗? It's a rhetorical question. 吗 is only for yes no questions.

[RobinThor]

If that is correct then how do you distinguish rhetorical questions from statements in spoken chinese?

[KX3.]

It is not correct. You can distinguish such questions in the same way you would in English, I expect... depending on context.

[RemieSmith]

That seems to mean this cannot be correct, as the alternative is the absurdity that the Chinese don't use rhetorical questions.

[Wadafik]

Thanks for the answer. Appreciate it. :)

[KX3.]

No, that is not correct at all. It can be a rhetorical question, yes, but that is just one situation where this can be used.
When I see it, the first thing that comes to mind is that the speaker is excited for whoever is going to visit tomorrow, for example.

There is no 吗 because it is not strictly needed in the question here. It can also convey, as in this case, excitement.

[Chris349250]

明天你来我？好极了 should be accepted

[JoeT40]

Your sentence seems strange to me. I think you need 看

[stephen_zissou]

I agree that placing 明天 first should be accepted, but you forgot 看。I also wonder if 见我 could be acceptable in addition to 看我?

[KX3.]

It is acceptable but the given translation is more accurate.
见我 is more what a teacher says to a student, or writes at the end of his or her essay, for example, so it wouldn't be appropriate here.

[npiquard]

Why is there no 吗 here?

[KX3.]

It is unnecessary. There is no 吗 because it is not strictly needed in the question here. It can also convey, as in this case, excitement.

[KyleDelane6]

What conveys excitement?

[CinnamonTe1]

What about using 啊 to convey excitement or emotion instead of an actual question word like 吗？I know that Duo teaches about the 啊 character in a later skill. Would that be more natural for a native speaker to say? 你明天来看我啊!

[AnthonyBla777428]

There's no 吗, also time can come before or after the subject.

[DestinationVoid]

为什么这里没有“吗”？

[DebbieJust]

Somebody answer! Why no 马 here?

[wesselkornel]

because horses are not involved. Why the 吗 is missing though, I would not know

[KX3.]

This seems to be a recurring question, so I will endeavour to answer it here:

Why is there no 吗 in the question？

It is unnecessary. There is no 吗 because it is not strictly needed in the question here. It can also convey, as in this case, excitement.

When I see it, the first thing that comes to mind is that the speaker is excited for whoever is going to visit tomorrow, for example. It can also, as has been pointed out, be a rhetorical question, but that is just one situation where this can be used.

[RobinThor]

I think the problem here is also that the English sentence has poor grammar and should be "You are coming to see me tomorrow."
Alternatively, they should change the English sentence to "Are you coming to see me tomorrow?" and include the 吗

[Vahagn196369]

English is a question. But you can't write a question with given characters