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| *''which'': '''xọh''' | | *''which'': '''xọh''' |
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| It displays no morphological distinction between animate or inanimate referents. It displays a complete declension and it is declined with the same endings as the nominal declension. | | It can play the role of a basic interrogative pronoun, if used alone. Other interrogative forms, however, can be built by using the interrogative adjective with other generic or specific nouns or also with postpositions: |
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| The numeral ending, conversely, is chosen according to the animacy of the referent. If the referent's animacy is unclear, the inanimate ending is automatically chosen:
| | * '''xọh ɬjı̇k''': which thing? = what? |
| | * '''xọh qɛ̣h''': which person? = who? |
| | * '''xọh ŋɛ (rɔ/cew)''': which time? = when? |
| | * '''xọh ŋɛ = which amount?''': how much, how many? (<small>requires the partitive postposition</small>) |
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| | || colspan="3" | <small>''<center>who / what''</small>
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| | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 100px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 100px;"|<center><small>''animate plural''</small></center> || style="width: 100px;"|<center><small>''inanimate plural''</small></center>
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| | <small>''<center>nominative</center>''</small> || kaa || kaažo || kaahuu
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| | <small>''<center>accusative</center>''</small> || kaano || kaažono || kaahuuno
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| | <small>''<center>genitive</center>''</small> || kaarra || kaažorra || kaahuurra
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| | <small>''<center>dative</center>''</small> || kaahoo || kaažohoo || kaahuuhoo
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| | <small>''<center>ablative</center>''</small> || kaaśu || kaažośu || kaahuuśu
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| | <small>''<center>instrumental</center>''</small> || kaaddoo || kaažoddoo || kaahuuddoo
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| | <small>''<center>locative</center>''</small> || kaamu || kaažomu || kaahuumu
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| | <small>''<center>allative</center>''</small> || kaamo || kaažomo || kaahuumo
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| | <small>''<center>delative</center>''</small> || kaama || kaažoma || kaahuuma
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| | <small>''<center>benefactive</center>''</small> || kaaga || kaažoga || kaahuuga
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| | <small>''<center>causative</center>''</small> || kaabbuu || kaažobbuu || kaahuubbuu
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| | <small>''<center>abessive</center>''</small> || kaajjo || kaažojjo || kaahuujjo
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| | <small>''<center>essive</center>''</small> || kaawaa || kaažowaa || kaahuuwaa
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| | <small>''<center>comparative</center>''</small> || kaahha || kaažohha || kaahuuhha
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| | <small>''<center>contrastive</center>''</small> || kaakka || kaažokka || kaahuukka
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| | <small>''<center>partitive</center>''</small> || kaappuu || kaažoppuu || kaahuuppuu
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| Declined forms can take different interrogative meaning, usually depending on the context:
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| * kaamu: where (<small>static location</small>)
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| * kaamo: where (<small>motion toward</small>)
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| * kaama: where... from (<small>motion form</small>)
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| * kaabbuu: why (<small>which cause</small>)
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| An interrogative adjective is built through the adjectival ending -je/-jo:
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| * kaajo : which
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| Other interrogative forms are built through specific nouns.
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| Within an interrogative clause, pronouns usually are usually placed in their syntactical position, according to their role, but in the later period they tend to be moved at the beginning of the sentence. | |
Interrogative pronouns
The basic interrogative adjective is:
It can play the role of a basic interrogative pronoun, if used alone. Other interrogative forms, however, can be built by using the interrogative adjective with other generic or specific nouns or also with postpositions:
- xọh ɬjı̇k: which thing? = what?
- xọh qɛ̣h: which person? = who?
- xọh ŋɛ (rɔ/cew): which time? = when?
- xọh ŋɛ = which amount?: how much, how many? (requires the partitive postposition)
Within an interrogative clause, pronouns usually are usually placed in their syntactical position according to their role.
