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- | ====== Interrogative mood ====== | + | ====== Interrogative mood and questions |
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- | **// | + | === Examples: === |
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- | <wrap hi>< | + | * Did you hear me? => Fi__mar__kozuziz (You=INT-hear-PST=me) |
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===== Questions ===== | ===== Questions ===== | ||
- | There are 4 various forms of questions. | + | Interrogative sentences or questions require some verbal response from the listener. |
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- | \\ <todo !!>add examples for special questions</ | + | |
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==== General questions ==== | ==== General questions ==== | ||
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^ Nûrlâm | ^ Nûrlâm | ||
- | General questions may be answered by repeating the statement from question in declarative form (without //mar-//), especially when question contains double negative. Shortened answers like "He did / He didn' | + | General questions may be answered by repeating the statement from question in declarative form (without //mar-//), especially when question contains double negative. Shortened answers like "He did / He didn' |
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==== Disjunctive questions ==== | ==== Disjunctive questions ==== | ||
- | // | + | // |
^ ^ Declarative | ^ ^ Declarative | ||
^ English | He killed a dragon | He killed a dragon, didn't he? | | ^ English | He killed a dragon | He killed a dragon, didn't he? | | ||
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=== List of question words === | === List of question words === | ||
^ English ^ Nûrlâm ^ Example ^ | ^ English ^ Nûrlâm ^ Example ^ | ||
- | | how | marz | How did he kill a dragon? = Marz tadoguz as lûg | | + | | how | marz | How did he kill a dragon? => Marz tadoguz as lûg | |
- | | what | mash | | | + | | what | mash |
- | | when | mil | | | + | | when | mil | When did he die? => Mil tamatuz = Tamatuz mil | |
- | | whence((" | + | | whence((" |
- | | where | min | | | + | | where | min | Where is the ring? => Min nazgum (kulâ)? = Nazgum kulâ min? | |
- | | whether((usually in alternative and indirect questions)) | makon (any), mashkon (whatever, whichever) | | | + | | whether((usually in alternative and indirect questions, thus not really a question word)) | makon (any), mashkon (whatever, whichever) | Whatever he thinks is not important => Mashkon ta ûs narkulâ horm | |
- | | which | mai (who), mash (what) | | | + | | which | mai (who), mash (what) | Which wire should I cut? => Mash srug damaug grishut |
- | | whither((" | + | | whither((" |
- | | who | mai, mash (what) | | | + | | who | mai, mash (what) | Who did this? => Mai krampuz za | |
- | | whom | mai, mash (in any grammatical or marginal case except Nominative and Genitive) | | | + | | whom | mai, mash (in any grammatical or marginal case except Nominative and Genitive) | Whom do you serve (to)? => Gibûrt maizûr |
- | | whose | maib, mashob | | | + | | whose | maib, mashob | Whose skull is this? => Za rash kulâ mashob? |
- | | why | mûr | | | + | | why | mûr | Why did you kill him? => Mûr gidoguzan |
- | Word order in such questions | + | Word order in such questions |
- | ^ ^ Declarative | + | |
- | ^ English | He killed a dragon | Who killed a dragon? | | + | |
- | ^ Nûrlâm | + | |
- | Exceptions are words " | + | Exceptions are words " |
^ ^ Declarative | ^ ^ Declarative | ||
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Questions starting with " | Questions starting with " | ||
- | <wrap hi>< | + | ^ ^ Question ^ Answer ^ |
+ | ^ English | Why did he killed the dragon? | To became famous | | ||
+ | ^ Nûrlâm | ||
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==== Indirect questions ==== | ==== Indirect questions ==== | ||
- | //Indirect questions// are subordinate clauses of declarative sentences. They are formed similar to special questions, but question words are replaced with their // | + | //Indirect questions// are subordinate clauses of declarative sentences. They are formed similar to special questions, but question words are replaced with their // |
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===== Combinations with other modalities ===== | ===== Combinations with other modalities ===== | ||
- | Interrogative mood may be combined together with other moods: | + | Interrogative mood may be combined together with other moods: |
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- | <wrap hi>< | + | * "Could he escape?" |
+ | * "Would you like meat or vegetables?" | ||
+ | * "Who knows what we will find there?" | ||
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+ | </WRAP> |