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--- en:grammar:questions [2022-07-26 12:59] – Embedded questions christian
+++ en:grammar:questions [2023-01-29 11:10] (current) – [Content questions] christian
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 **Ya ga lai ka?** – Will he/she come?
-**Ti li no fa it.** – You didn't do it.\\
+**Ti no li fa it.** – You didn't do it.\\
-**Ti li no fa it ka?** – Didn't you 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 **xi**, which means 'yes' in this context, or with **no** 'no' – hence the name.
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 **ke tem** – when\\
 **ke xos** – what\\
-**kese** – how\\
+**por ke** – why\\
-**por ke** – why
+**kam** – how much, how many, how (degree)\\
+**kes** – whose\\
+**kese** – how
 (XXX Complete list.)
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 The expression **ke xos** 'what' can be used if you want to be very explicit about asking about a thing (or things) rather than about a person. But it's rarely needed, since **ke** alone is generally fine.
+**Kam** is used to ask about quantities.
+**Kam kulin [remain]?** – How much food is left?\\
+**Kam jen li lai?** – How many people came?\\
+**Ti [practice] kam?** – How much do you practice?\\
+**Ti [practice] kam kai?** – How often do you practice?
+**Kes** is used to ask about a possessive relationship (in a very wide sense).
+**Si xi kes ruma?** – Whose house is this?\\
+**Tina xi kes nubet?** – Tina is whose daughter? / Whose daughter is Tina?
 XXX Examples for **kese** 'how' (in what manner, in what state, in which way):
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 ... – I remember well how I first met her/him. (used as conjunction)
-XXX Explain how to express 'which' (**ke de le**, if needed) and 'how many/how much' (**kam**).
+Note: **kes** is derived from **ke** using the **-s** suffix that's also used to form the [[pronouns#possessive_pronouns|possessive forms of pronouns]] ending in a vowel, such as **mis** from **mi**. **Kese**, on the other hand, is an independent root that just happens to start with the same syllable (not totally by accident, since all fundamental question words start with **k**).
+XXX Explain how to express 'which' (**ke de le**, if needed).
 ===== Embedded questions =====
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 Questions can be embedded within other clauses. Content questions are embedded without any changes (except by adjusting pronouns as needed).
-**Nas no xuo yexo a unotra nas xi ke jen.** – We haven't yet told each other who we are.
+**Nas no xvo yexo a unotra nas xi ke jen.** – We haven't yet told each other who we are.
 In the case of questions ending in **ka**, that final particle is dropped and the embedded question is instead introduced with **se** 'if, whether'.
-**Mi [wonder] se tum bisa fa it.** – I wonder whether you can do it.\\
+**Mi konside se tum bisa fa it.** – I wonder whether you can do it.\\
-**Ya li wen mi se mi yau kofi au cai.** – He asked me whether I wanted coffee or tea.
+**Ya li ven mi se mi yau kofi au cai.** – He/She asked me whether I wanted coffee or tea.