|
|
kho gacuk |
dulen uk ? |
| 1
2 |
3 4 |
how is |
he walking ? |
| 2
4 |
1
3 |
kho ramo |
corenuk |
| 1
2 |
3 4 |
she is |
looking beautiful |
| 1 4 |
3
2 |
kho gacuk |
corenuk ? |
| 1
2 |
3
4 |
how is |
she looking ? |
2 4
|
1
3
|
|
The interrogative word či
is used not only to question the subject noun phrase which is
non-human but also the verb. The verb stem is replaced by ba
‘do’. This may be shown as
|
| NP X Y Vb
®
|
NP X Y či ba |
where x and y may be null or nonnull
elements. |
khos |
zbrinuk |
| 1 |
2 3 |
he is |
writing |
| 1 3 |
2 |
khos či |
beinuk ? |
| 1
2 |
3 4 |
what is |
he doing ? |
| 2
4 |
1 3 |
khera |
yo enuk |
| 1 |
2
3 |
you are |
coming |
| 1
3 |
2 |
khera
či
|
beinuk ? |
| 1
2 |
3 4 |
what are |
you doing ? |
2
4
|
1
3
|
|
