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I have read [that great
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/35950/%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99-after-
some-verbs/35951#35951) about i-adjectives being predicates. How does it
reflect in questions?

Say, I have a dialogue:

> — Is your city a beautiful one?
>
> — Yes, it is.
>
> **— Is it big?**
>
> — Yes, it is.

As I imagine, a conversation would be something like:

> —あなたの町はきれいですか。
>
> —はい、そうです。
>
> **—あなたの町は大きいですか。**
>
> —はい、そうです。

Is it possible to change the third phrase to something shorter, like 大きいですか or
even 大きいか? Would this still be polite?

What would a similar short question look like with the na-adjective きれい?
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syntax questions i-adjectives na-adjectives
What is the proper form of a short question with an i-adjective vs. a na-adjective?
The two people already know what they are talking about, so they can safely
omit the subject and say "大きいですか?" or "綺麗ですか?". But that's all you can do
safely.

"大きいか?" is a grammatical question, but it always sounds very blunt and
unfriendly. This sounds almost like you are a stubborn dwarf blacksmith living
alone in a cave. It's inappropriate not only in polite speech but also in
ordinary informal conversations.

On the other hand, the dictionary form "大きい?" could mean "(Is it / Did you
say) big?" on its own. This is common, but sounds fairly informal. In your
example conversation, there is no good reason to omit ですか in the second
question.
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