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The basic interrogative pronoun is: | The basic interrogative pronoun is: | ||
*''what / who'': | *''what / who'': śö̃ | ||
It displays a complete declension, | It displays no definite form, nor any distinction between animate or inanimate referents. It displays a complete declension, including, like the personal pronouns, a distinction between two forms for the oblique case. The first form (<small>named ''oblique<sub><small>1</small></sub>''</small>) is used for most roles of the case, and with every preposition requiring the oblique case. The second form (<small>named ''oblique<sub><small>2</small></sub>''</small>) is used as the indirect object of the clause, without any preposition. | ||
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<small> | | colspan="2" |<center><small>''śö̃''</small></center> | ||
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| style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''sing.''</small></center> || style="width: 80px;"|<center><small>''plur.''</small></center> | |||
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| <center><small>''direct''</small></center> || śö̃ || śö̃ | |||
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| <center><small>''oblique<sub><small>1</small></sub>''</small></center> || śö̃šy || śö̃šy | |||
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| <center><small>''oblique<sub><small>2</small></sub>''</small></center> || śö̃h́ɛ || śö̃h́ɛ | |||
|} | |||
Any semantic distinction in animacy among referents is made by the context: | |||
śö̃h́ɛ ševöh qakökjytə žemɛžə? | |||
<small>whom did you give the bread to?</small> | |||
<small>whom did you give | |||
There are also other interrogative pronouns (and adverbs): | There are also other interrogative pronouns (and adverbs): | ||
Revision as of 08:22, 16 September 2025
Interrogative pronouns
The basic interrogative pronoun is:
- what / who: śö̃
It displays no definite form, nor any distinction between animate or inanimate referents. It displays a complete declension, including, like the personal pronouns, a distinction between two forms for the oblique case. The first form (named oblique1) is used for most roles of the case, and with every preposition requiring the oblique case. The second form (named oblique2) is used as the indirect object of the clause, without any preposition.
| śö̃ | śö̃ | |
| śö̃šy | śö̃šy | |
| śö̃h́ɛ | śö̃h́ɛ | |
Any semantic distinction in animacy among referents is made by the context:
śö̃h́ɛ ševöh qakökjytə žemɛžə? whom did you give the bread to?
There are also other interrogative pronouns (and adverbs):
- šæθucær: where (static location)
- šæθuxa: where (motion toward)
- šæθusu: where... from (motion form)
- šæhu: why (cause)
- šæju: when
- šæminɛ: how much
- šæmæc: how
There are also the following interrogative adjectives:
- šæxul‘: which
- šæminɛxul‘: how much / many
Such adjectives, like the demonstrative adjectives, tend to be placed before their nouns and they are never used with the article. Moreover, they lack any form in the basic case.
šæminɛxunol‘ jažɛnol‘ æpjixu toθiræh? how many sheep do you have?
Within an interrogative clause, pronouns usually are usually moved at the beginning of the sentence. Their syntactical position is regarded as extremely marked. In addition, like other parts of the sentences, they can be introduced by prepositions:
gu šæha ojh cæžɛbugjiθu? whom is he talking about?
