How to make questions with : 谁
I have a problem when I have to construct question because I never know where I have to place the interrogative part.
For example, if I want to say: "Who is the teacher? Shall I say : 谁是你的老师？ Or shall I say 你的老师是谁？
Or another example, if I want to say Whose mobile is this? Shall I say 这个手机是谁？ Or shall I say 这是谁的手机？
[Please give the explanations in English ]
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Both ways are acceptable. However, if you want to say "Whose mobile is this", you should say 这个手机是谁的？(NOT这个手机是谁, that means Who is this mobile?）.You also can say这是谁的手机？
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I agree the most of Jiaxi, 谁的=whose，谁=who
About "Whose mobile is this? " You can say 这个手机是谁的？ Or 这是谁的手机？
More exmaples of 谁 and 谁的
你是谁？ Who are you?
谁知道？ Who knows?
谁在那？ Who is there?
这书是谁的？or 这是谁的书？ Whose book is this?
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There is a little difference between "谁是你的老师" and "你的老师是谁".
If you are asked to identify your teacher in a bunch of people, the former sensentence may be appllied. the latter one is equal to "who is your teacher".
You can say "这是谁的手机？" in chinese to express "whose mobile is this."
Always remenber "谁的"="whose"，“谁”=“somebody”
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“who is the teacher？”means谁是老师。
谁是你的老师？and你的老师是谁？have the same meaning，it means “who is your teacher？”both ok。
“whose mobile is this？”can say 这个手机是谁的？or这是谁的手机？
by the way，谁的=whose，谁=somebody，who。
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Basically, we use the latter one of your two examples for both speaking and writting.
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