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Interrogative pronouns

Basic interrogative pronouns display two different forms: one for animate entities (who?) and one for inanimate entities (what?).

• what: he
• who: ša

Both pronouns can be declined, with the nominal declension endings, only in the singular number.

šare əjddo egewgəjdo həjč?
whom did you give water to?

There are also other interrogative pronouns (and adverbs):

• hɔceh: where (static location)
• hɔhhe: where (motion toward)
• hɔžo: where... from (motion form)
• hɔko: why (cause)
• hečo: when
• heməjń: how much
• hehavčo/hejvčo: how

There are also the following interrogative adjectives:

• hego: which (inanimate)
• šago: which (animate)
• heməjń: how much / many

Within an interrogative clause, pronouns usually are usually moved at the beginning of the sentence. Their syntactical position is regarded as extremely marked.

heməjńino heǵino hejhih?
how many sheep do you have?

In addition, like other parts of the sentences, they can be introduced by prepositions:

gɔ šare cegihug?
whom are you talking about?