Yes-no questions (also called “polars question”) are formed by adding the particle ka at the end of the correspond statements.

Ya ga lai. – He/She will come.
Ya ga lai ka? – Will he/she come?

Ti no li fa it. – You didn’t do it.
Ti no li fa it ka. – Didn’t you do it?

The answer to such question typically consists in, or starts with, either wi ‘yes’ or no ‘no’ – hence the name.

Content questions (also called “open questions” or, in English, called “wh-questions”) ask for some specific information.

In Lugamun, such questions typically include one of the following question words:

ke – what
ke jen – who, whom
ke tem – when
ke ples – where
por ke – why

(XXX Complete list.)

These question words are usually placed at the position where the corresponding word would occur in non-question sentences. In contrast to English, they are not moved to the front of the sentence (WALS 93; APiCS 12).

Ti li miru ke jen? – Whom did you see?
Mi li miru Tina. – I saw Tina.

XXX Examples for kese ‘how’ (in what manner, in what state, in which way):

… – How did you find me?
… – She showed her friend how to do it.
… – I remember well how I first met her/him. (used as conjunction)

If the answer will likely not contain a copula, no copula is used in the question either:

Ti kese? – How are you?
Mi hau. – I’m good.

XXX Explain how to express ‘which’ and ‘how many/how much’.