Questions

Unlike English, the question word isn’t brought to the front of the sentence, it’s kept in the flow of the sentence. Here is a list of the question words.

asha - what

asha+counter - how many ___

dor’el - how, interrogative (-el) adjective asking about the quality

dath - who

imma - how, asking for the adverb info: quickly, randomly, that sort of thing

pwi - when

tadha - how, asking by what means something was done.

sangu - where

reshi - which, asking for a choice to be made

kinda - why, asking the reason that something was done. Placed at the end of the sentence.

Examples:

Asha kara dwi’a? - What did you do?

Delana tedeu il do ashaga belodar? - How many days will we be walking for?

Tamen endo dwi dath? – Who killed him?

Diel wego il pwi? - When will you go back?

Mioo iro dwi’a da sangu? – Where did you find the cat at?

Ara doral? – How are y’all?

Tamen belese dwi imma? – How did he die?

Diel ebor dwi tadha? – How/By what means did you know?

Issin’re issinoo reshi’mioo? – Which cat is eating my food?

Reshi fia’a? – Which do you want?

Diel anaru dwi vayo medif’re kinda? – Why were you speaking with my confidant?

Yes or No Questions

These are quite simple. It’s just the statement with “dozha” and a question mark at the end. “Dozha” is a blending of the words for yes, “dosa” and no, “zhasa”. Here is the syntax of the question:

Sentence dozha

And the answer will be either:

dosa Sentence

zhasa Sentence

"Dosa" indicates agreement, and "zhasa" indicates disagreement. This is a little different from English, where the use of "yes" and "no" match the negative/positive state of the sentence.

Examples:

Ann’re endo dwi’a dozha? – Did you kill my father?

Dosa, ann’a endo dwi’re. – Yes, I killed your father.

Zhasa, ann’a zha’endo dwi’re. – No, I didn’t kill your father.

Ann’a zha’vendel dwi’a dozha? - Did you not help your father?

Dosa, ann’re zha’vendel dwi’re. – Yes, I didn’t help my father.

Zhasa, ann’re vendel dwi’re. – No, I did help my father.

When you’re in a hurry, a simple “Dosa!” or “Zhasa!” will do.

Dreamingfifi (talk) 06:54, November 10, 2014 (UTC)