6.1.4.2.3 Adjectival |
a:peu ku:rekke po:ga |
‘That woman (is) going to (the) house’ |
that - woman - house (Dat.) - go (P.T.) |
e:peu ku:rekke po:ga? |
‘Which woman (is) going to (the) house?’ |
which - woman - house (Dat.) - go (P.T.) |
6.1.4.2.4 Adverbial |
i) siike kala:sine |
‘I mixed little bit’ |
little bit - mixed -1 |
eppRa kala:sine? |
‘How much I mixed?’ |
how much - mixed -1 |
ii) ra:mä atteni kala:sinä |
‘Raman mixed that much’ |
Raman - that many - mixed (P.T.) |
ra:mä etteni kala:sinä? |
‘How many Raman mixed?’ |
Raman - how many - mixed (P.T.) |
6.1.4.3 Tag type question |
The tag type question in Urali are framed in two ways. i) By the addition of the interrogative suffix a: to the negative morpheme ille. |
ii) By the addition of the interrogative suffix a: to the simple adverbial form seri. |
The above mentioned constituents involved in the formation of the tag questions are added at the end of the sentences. |
i) avaru vea:duga:ru;illeya:? |
‘They (are) playing; is it not so?’ |
they - playing - is it not so? |
ava vea:uga; seriya:? |
‘She (is) playing, is it so?’ |
she - playing - is it so? |
In addition to the above mentioned two types of question formation found in Urali, yet another type is also abserved which involves intonation. In this type of interrogative form, there is no overt marker to denote the interrogation, rather the rising intonation at the end of the affirmative sentence makes it interrogative. |