Interrogative Words: Forming Questions

enθina             why

enθë               what

éθë                 which

árë                  who

enθina ňí avide póyaθë ?     (lit: why you went there? )

Why did you go there?   


éθë áyiruňňu paθθonpaθám ňúτandile éτavum valiya sámrrájyam ? (lit: which - was - nineteenth -  in century - biggest - empire )

Which was the largest empire in the nineteenth century ?


árude kúde á avan póyaθë ?  (lit: who with is he went. Note the use of possessive case of árë. The preposition kúde - with causes the noun or pronoun to takee tthe possessive case )

Whom did he go with?


áródë codicu ?  (Note the use of parlative case of árë and the omission of the pronoun 'you' )

Whom did you ask ?


árkke koduθu ? (árkke is the accusative case of árë)

Whom did you give ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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