464 Chapter 14 Questions
(97) a. Siti tao ja' Ali melle apa e toko.
Siti know COMP Ali AV.buy what at store
‘Siti knows what Ali bought at the store.’
b. Siti tao apa se e-belli Ali e toko.
Siti know what REL OV-buyAli at store
‘Siti knows what Ali bought at the store.’
(98) a. Hasan a-bala ka Amir ja' Hadi a-berri' konce juwa ka sapa.
Hasan AV-say to Amir COMP Hadi AV-give key that to who
‘Hasan told Amir who Ali gave the keys to.’
b. Hasan a-bala ka Amir ja' sapa se e-berri' konce juwa bi' Hadi.
Hasan AV-say to Amir COMP who REL OV-give key that by Hadi
‘Hasan told Amir who Ali gave the keys to.’
c. Hasan a-bala ka Amir ja' ka sapa Hadi a-berri' konce juwa.
Hasan AV-say to Amir COMP to who Hadi AV-give key that
‘Hasan told Amir who Ali gave the keys to.’
The only difference between embedded questions and structurally identical in
situ constituent questions described in section 5.1 is intonation. Wide scope in
situ questions are uttered with a characteristic rise-fall intonation on the inter-
rogative word while embedded questions are uttered with simple declarative
intonation. As is true of matrix questions, in embedded questions adverbials are
generally fronted (99) and (100).
(99) Guru-na a-tanya bila ana'-eng Hasan se entar dha' Sorbaja.
teacher-DEF AV-ask when child-DEF Hasan REL go to Surabaya
‘The teacher asked when Hasan’s child went to Surabaya.’
(100) Siti lo' tao dha'ramma Ali ma-becce' sapedha motor-ra.
Siti not know how Ali AV.CS-good motorcycle-DEF
‘Siti did not know how Ali fixed the motorcycle.’
(ii) Guru yaken buku rowa e-baca (bi') sapa.
teacher sure book that OV-read by who
‘The teacher is sure who read that book.’