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Interrogative pronouns

The basic interrogative pronoun is:

• what / who: kaa

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.

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:

	who / what
	singular	animate plural	inanimate plural
nominative	kaa	kaažo	kaahuu
accusative	kaano	kaažono	kaahuuno
genitive	kaarra	kaažorra	kaahuurra
dative	kaahoo	kaažohoo	kaahuuhoo
ablative	kaaśu	kaažośu	kaahuuśu
instrumental	kaaddoo	kaažoddoo	kaahuuddoo
locative	kaamu	kaažomu	kaahuumu
allative	kaamo	kaažomo	kaahuumo
delative	kaama	kaažoma	kaahuuma
benefactive	kaaga	kaažoga	kaahuuga
causative	kaabbuu	kaažobbuu	kaahuubbuu
abessive	kaajjo	kaažojjo	kaahuujjo
essive	kaawaa	kaažowaa	kaahuuwaa
comparative	kaahha	kaažohha	kaahuuhha
contrastive	kaakka	kaažokka	kaahuukka
partitive	kaappuu	kaažoppuu	kaahuuppuu

Declined forms can take different interrogative meaning, usually depending on the context:

• kaamu: where (static location)
• kaamo: where (motion toward)
• kaama: where... from (motion form)
• kaabbuu: why (which cause)

An interrogative adjective is built through the adjectival ending -je/-jo:

• kaajo : which

Other interrogative forms are built through specific nouns.

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.