| 4.7.4. Interrogative Pronouns |
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The interrogative base is ba-. The masculine and non-masculine interrogative pronouns are dervided from that base by the addition of respective suffixes.
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ba-o:r  bo:r |
‘who’ (masc. sg.) |
| ba-o:rlo:rbo:rlo:r |
‘who’ (masc. pl.) |
| ba-d bad |
‘which’ (non-masc. sg.) |
| ba-w baw |
‘which (non-masc.pl.) |
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The interrogative pronouns inflected for gender and number are given in the following examples:
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| wo:r bo:n ke:yintur? |
‘whom is he calling?’ |
| bo:r iga: wa:tur? |
‘who came here?’ |
mi: bo:no:r mark a:ndu:r? |
‘whose sons are you?’ |
| id bo:na: lo:n a:nd? |
‘whose (sg.) house is this?’ |
| ad bade:n tit? |
‘what did she eat?’ |
iw bo:rlo:ra: lo:hk a:ndu:? |
‘whose (pl.) houses are these?’ |
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Thus, bo:r, bo:na:, bo:rlo:ra:, bo:n, bo:no:r and bade:n are some of the inflected forms of interrogative pronouns in Abujhmaria.
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| 4.7.5. Indefinite Pronouns |
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Indefinite pronouns are formed by the addition of the morpheme -e: to the interrogative pronouns.
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| bo:re: wa:tur |
‘someone came’ |
| bo:rlo:re: ki:tur |
‘some (pl.) did (it)’ |
| bad-e: wa:ynta: |
‘someone (non-masc.) is coming’ |
| baw-e: wa:ynta: |
‘some (non-masc. pl.) are coming’ |
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There is also yet another morpheme -a:y which is suffixed to another interrrogative particle ba:ta: meaning ‘what’.
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| nanna: ba:ta:y punno:n |
‘I do not know anything’ |
| nanna: ba:ta:y ke:wo:n |
‘I do not do anything’ |
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