In a sentence
每个房间都有一张地图。
Měi ge fángjiān dōu yǒu yì zhāng dìtú.
Every room has a map.
个 counts the rooms; 张 counts the map in each room.
谁带了地图？
Shéi dài le dìtú?
Who brought the map?
谁 is the subject because the missing information is the person.
Grammar & reading
Keep question words in the answer’s place
Ask for a missing person, thing, or place without rebuilding the whole sentence. Replace the information you want with a question word.
Say “every” with 每…都…
Describe something that applies to every person, every item, or every occasion in a group.
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