2.  ni1 na2 oja so3 ho4 (so) mo-e5 (v1 ho v1 neg)   does3 you (sg.)1 son2 teach or4 not5 (teach)?     3.  izho1 ni bu3 le4 ho5 ho6 le7 (v1 ho v2 )   today1 will4 you2 be3 (here) or5 will7 (you) go to (the) field6 ?     4.  pfo1 coho bo2 le3 ho4 otho5 she6 le7   will 3, 7 she1 cook2 or4 pound6 paddy5 ?     5.  izho1 ho2 sodu3 (N1 ho N2 )   today1 or2 tomorrow 3 ?     6.  hihi1 ni2 larübvü3 ho4 (lorübvü) mo-e5 (N1 ho N1 neg)   (is) this1 your 2 book 3 or 4 not5 ?     7.  izho1 mani 2 ho3 mata-e4 (N1 V N2 )   (is) today1 a rest day 2 or3 a working-day4 ?
As pointed out earlier, ho interrogatioh is neither yes-no nor question-word interrogation. It does not take ove ‘yes’ or mo ‘no’ as an answer:
263  A: izho1 ni2 bu3 le4 ho5 ho6 le7     will4 you (sg.)2 be there3 today1 or (will7 you) go to (the) field6 ?
B:  { O }1     { *(ove) }  ho2 le3   { *(mo-e)}           { O }1     { *(yes) }  will3 go to (the) field 2   { *(no) }
The above dialogue illustrates ho interrogation which is fresh inquiry. ho interrogation could be with an assumed background. The following ho- interrogative sentences assume a background, an earlier enjoinder to do the action 264.1 and the speaker’s prespeech act assumption that the subject could be a Mao in 264.2:
264 1.  ni1 idu2 mikrüli3 lo ho mo-e4 did you (sg.)1 go down4 to Imphal3 yesterday2 or not4 ? 2.  ni1 imemüi2 -ko0 ho mo-e3 (are) you (sg.)1 (a) Mao Naga2 or not3 ?
This does not take ove ‘yes’ mo-e ‘no’ as an answer either. Sentence-final ho is information-seeking in a sense, but it is not a full fledged interrogative marker as it is severely constrained: it does not occur in all tenses and persons. It marks neither a content question nor a wh- question (as there could be no question-word in the sentence), nor a yes-no question since it elicits neither ove ‘yes’ nor mo-e ‘no’ as an answer, but e ‘o.k.’:
265 A:  ni1 sodu2 mikrüli3 lo le4 ho0   you(sg.)1 go4 to Imphal3 tomorrow2 ?     B: a.     e     ‘o.k.’   b.  *ove   ‘yes’   266 A:  ni1-e2 vu3 le4 ho5   you(sg.)1 will4 also2 come3 o.k.?     B:  e1 vu2 le3   o.k.1, will3 come2
As an interrogative marker, sentence-final ho occurs with a highly restricted set of verbs. In the typical case, it carries an imperative import
267  ni1 izho2 ta3 le4 mo5 ho6   should6 you(sg.)1 not5 go3 today2 ? ; (you should) go today
3.4.14.3.	Yes-No Interrogation
Yes-No interrogation could be either information-seeking, information-confirming or at once information-seeking and -confirming.
3.4.14.3.1.	Information-seeking Yes-No Interrogation
This ramifies into fresh inquiry and inquiry with an assumed background. Fresh information-seeking is marked differently for the sentence and for the phrase. Fresh sentential inquiry is marked in the positive by omo spoken typically in everyday speech as ama and in the negative by mo mo and mo-ama:
268 1. pfo1 idu2 ta3 ome-e/ama4     did3 he1 go3 yesterday2 ?4           pfo1 idu2 ta3 (mo) mo4 mo-e5     did3 he1 not4 go3 yesterday2 ?5         2.  ni1 imemüi2 -ko0 mo-e3     (are) you (sg.)1 (a) Mao2 ? 3           ni1 imemüi2 -(ka) (mo) mo3 mo-e4     (are) you1 not3 (a) Mao2 ?4