i) Nominal |
ii) Verbal |
iii) Adjectival |
iv) Adverbial |
6.1.4.2.1 Nominal |
The following declarative sentences can be questioned to have the nominal type of questions. |
i) avä ka:ukke po:gä |
‘He (is) going to (the) forest’ |
he - forest (Dat.) - go (P.T.) |
evä ka:ukke pogä? |
‘Who (mas.) (is) going to (the) forest?’ |
who - forest (Dat.) - go (P.T.) |
ii) ava pa:uga |
‘She sings’ |
she - sing (P.T.) |
eva pa:uga? |
‘Who (Fem.) sings? |
who - sing (P.T.) |
iii) adu mara:tti ė:Rinadu |
‘That climbed the tree’ |
that - tree (Loc.) - climbed (P.T. Neu.) |
edu mara:tti ė:Rinadu? |
‘What climbed the tree?’ |
what - tree (Loc.) - climbed (P.T.Neu.) |
iv) avei ku:rekke varugina |
‘Which (are) coming to (the) house’ |
those - house (Dat.) - come (P.T. Neu. pl.) |
evei ku:rekke varugina? |
‘Which (are) coming to the house?’ |
which - house (Dat.) - come (P.T. Neu. pl.) |
6.1.4.2.2 Verbal |
i) ava ve:le se:ga |
‘She (is) doing work’ |
she - work - do (P.T.) |
ava enna se:ga? |
‘What (is) she doing’ |
she - what - do (P.T.) |
ii) ra:mä adikke po:gä |
‘Raman (is) going there’ |
Raman - there - go (P.T.) |
ra:mä edikke po:gä? |
‘Where Raman (is) going?’ |
Raman - where - go (P.T.) |