4. SYNTAX
74c. ]sanao icaT\zI ilaKI AaOr @yaa ikyaa?
usne citthi: likhi: ør kya: kiya:?
He wrote a letter and what else did he do?
74d. ]sanao @yaa @yaa ikyaa?
usne kya: kya: kiya:?
What are the things he did?
- ]sanao raoTI Ka[- AaOr dUQa ipyaa.
usne roti: kha:i: ør du:dh piya:.
He-erg bread ate-fs and milk drank-ms
He ate bread and drank milk.
75a. ]sanao raoTI Ka[- AaOr @yaa ipyaa?
usne roti: kha:i: ør kya: piya:?
He ate bread and what did he drink?
75b. *]sanao @yaa Kayaa AaOr dUQa ipyaa?
usne kya: kha:ya: ør du:dh piya:?
No part of the juxtaposition phrase can be questioned. The
questioning of the first element of a coordinate noun phrase results
in the formation of ill-formed sentences as in (73b) and (75b).
Similarly, in the coordinate verb phrases, the object of the first verb
phrase cannot be questioned.
There is no constraint on the number of constituents of a sentence
that can be questioned at one time. The multiple question-word
questions are normally used at the end of the narration of a story,
especially a folk tale, for checking the comprehension of the
listeners.
- maaohna kla Amar ko saaqa baaga doKnao gayaa.
mohan kal amar ke sa:th ba:g dekhne gaya:.
Mohan yesterday Amar with garden see-inf-obl went
Mohan went to see the garden with Amar yesterday.
76a. maaohna kla @yaa doKnao gayaa Amar ko saaqa?
mohan kal kya: dekhne gaya: amar ke sa:th?
What did Mohan go to see with Amar yesterday?