4. SYNTAX
- yah iksaka/iknaka makana hO?
yeh kiska:/kinka: maka:n h ́?
this who-s-gen-ms/-p-gen-ms house is
Whose house is this? - yah iksa kI/ikna kI iktaba hO?
yeh kiski:/kinki: kita:b h ́?
this who-s-gen-fs/-p-gen-fs book is
Whose book is this? - yao iksako/iknako pdo- hOM?
ye kiske/kinke parde h ́~?
these who-s-gen-mp/-p-gen-mp curtains are
Whose curtains are these? - yao iksakI/iknakI kmaIja,oM hOM?
ye kiski:/kinki: kami:zẽ h ́~?
these who-gen-fp shirts are
Whose shirts are these?
When question words are combined with postpositions they create
adverbials like khaÐ sao kahã: se ‘in which direction’, kOsao k ́se/ iksa trh
kis tarah ‘in what manner’, and khaÐ kahã:/ khaÐ pr kahã: par
‘wherein’.
- vah khaÐ jaaegaa?
vah kaha~: ja:yega:.
vah where go-fut
Where will he go? - vah iksa trh Aaegaa?
vah kis tarah a:yega:.
he what manner come-fut
How will he come? - Aap khaÐ sao jaaeÐgao?
a:p kahã: se ja:ẽge?
you-p which direction go-2p-fut
Where will you go from? Or
In which direction will you go?