| 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.) |