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- | ====== Interrogative mood ====== | + | ====== Interrogative mood and questions |
- | **// | + | **// |
=== Examples: === | === Examples: === | ||
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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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| why | mûr | Why did you kill him? => Mûr gidoguzan | | | why | mûr | Why did you kill him? => Mûr gidoguzan | | ||
- | Word order in such questions | + | Word order in such questions |
- | Exceptions are words " | + | Exceptions are words " |
^ ^ Declarative | ^ ^ Declarative | ||
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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 // |
<WRAP center round todo 60%> | <WRAP center round todo 60%> | ||
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* " | * " | ||
* "Could he escape?" | * "Could he escape?" | ||
- | * "Would you like meat or vegetables?" | + | * "Would you like meat or vegetables?" |
+ | * "Who knows what we will find there?" | ||
<WRAP center round todo 60%> | <WRAP center round todo 60%> | ||
< | < | ||
</ | </ | ||