450 Chapter 14 Questions
(44) a. Ita ma' mole, arapa?
Ita EMPH go.home why
‘Why did Ita go home?’
b. Ana'-na Lukman entar ka Sorbaja, bila?
child-DEF Lukman go to Surabaya when
‘When did Lukman’s child go to Surabaya?’
c. Ali ma-teppa' komputer, dha'ramma?
Ali AV.CS-right computer how
‘How did Ali fix the computer?’
4.3.2 Prepositional questions
As described in section 4.1, interrogative PPs can optionally be fronted. Clause-
initial locative PPs are more likely than goal, benefactive, or instrumental PPs,
but this reflects the general distribution of non-locative PPs. The facts are simi-
lar with non-interrogative PPs, which can be freely fronted in declaratives. Ex-
amples are given in (45-49).
(45) Dha' kamma ana'-eng Marlena mangkat?
to where child-DEF Marlena leave
‘Where did Marlena’s child run away to?’
(46) E dhimma Siti nyaba' buku?
at where Siti AV.put book
‘Where did Siti put the book?’
(47) Dha' sapa Ari a-berri' pesse?
to who Ari AV-give money
‘Who did Ari give money to?’
(48) Bi' apa Pa' Rudi ma-becce' sapedha motor-ra?
with what Mr Rudi AV.CS-good motorcycle-DEF
‘What did Pak Rudi fix the motorcycle with?’
(49) Ngangguy apa Ina a-massa' juko’?
using what Ina AV-cook fish
‘What did Ina cook the fish with?’