The interrogative pronouns
Crimean Gothic forms its interrogative pronouns upon the old Indo-european root *kwes, gone
quite regularly to we. Interrogative pronouns can be used as adjectives, so that there is no
equivalent of the English distinction between what and which :
we ist zet-her : what is that
we hus ist zinet : which house is yours
They have a masculine, a feminine and a neuter form and they do aggree with the noun or the
personn they stand for.
|
Masculine |
Neuter |
Feminine |
Nominative |
wes |
we |
we |
Accusative |
wen |
we |
we |
Genitive |
wes |
wes |
wires |
Dative |
wem |
wem |
wire |
Nominative |
we |
we |
wes |
Accusative |
wen |
we |
wes |
Genitive |
wer |
wer |
wire |
Dative |
wem |
wem |
wem |
At the contrary of what happens in English, preposition are put before the interrogative, but in
indirect clause, where they are regularly put at the end of the sentence.
F�r wem idjes zu in hemen : why did you go to the village
Ich wet ne wem is in hemen idje f�r : I do not know why he went to the village
Other interrogative
Crimean Gothic uses a relatively great number of interrogative adverbs. They are mostly invariable.
Wer : where
wen : when
we�re : where from
we� : where (with movement)
wewe : how
wef�r : why
we�ren : until when
we�en : since when
Wel�� : how great