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== Asking a question ==
== Y/N questions ==




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1) HA opens the sentence.
1) HA opens the sentence.
   
   
2) KA closes the sentence.
2) KA closes the sentence. ? RO KA ... a question or a statement ?
 
3) A question can also be posed by giving a rising intonation at the end of the sentence (the same as English). There must be a special question mark when you use this method. Seuna does have a special mark, it is only used when you pose a question using method 3,      if you pose a question using methods 1 or 2, the special mark is not used.
 
== WH questions ==
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| what
  |align=center| '''juma'''
  |-
  |align=center| who
  |align=center| '''jula'''
  |-
  |-
  |align=center| when
  |align=center| '''juku'''
  |-
  |align=center| where
  |align=center| '''juf'''
  |-
  |-
  |align=center| how
  |align=center| '''jwale'''
  |-
  |align=center| what type of
  |align=center| '''juta'''
  |-
  |-
  |align=center| how many, how much ??
  |align=center| '''juno'''
  |-
  |align=center| which, what one, which one
  |align=center| '''juba'''
  |}
 
'''ale''' = manner
 
== Indefinite basic concepts ==
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| whatever
  |align=center| '''maju'''
  |-
  |align=center| whoever
  |align=center| '''laju'''
  |-
  |-
  |align=center| whenever
  |align=center| '''kuju'''
  |-
  |align=center| wherever
  |align=center| '''fiju'''
  |-
  |-
  |align=center| however
  |align=center| '''alju'''
  |-
  |align=center| any type of
  |align=center| '''taju'''
  |-
  |-
  |align=center| ?? how many, how much ??
  |align=center| '''juno'''
  |-
  |align=center| ?? whichever one ??
  |align=center| '''baju'''
  |}
 
When did you say.      "When" indicates a qustion but also extreme indefiniteness
 
"I will come whenever you say" ... Is this really a RC ... time is never a very strongly held argument of a sentence but is always a very peripheral thing.
 
Question word => Indefinite pronoun
 
Question word => RC-marker


3) A question can also be posed by giving a rising intonation at the end of the sentence (the same as English). There must be a special question mark when you use this method. Seuna does have a special mark, it is only used when you pose a question using method 3,      if you pose a question using methods 1 or 2, the special mark is not used.       
==Index==
==Index==


{{Seuna index}}
{{Seuna index}}

Revision as of 01:35, 25 August 2008

Y/N questions

There are three ways that a Y/N question can be asked.

1) HA opens the sentence.

2) KA closes the sentence. ? RO KA ... a question or a statement ?

3) A question can also be posed by giving a rising intonation at the end of the sentence (the same as English). There must be a special question mark when you use this method. Seuna does have a special mark, it is only used when you pose a question using method 3, if you pose a question using methods 1 or 2, the special mark is not used.

WH questions

what juma
who jula
when juku
where juf
how jwale
what type of juta
how many, how much ?? juno
which, what one, which one juba

ale = manner

Indefinite basic concepts

whatever maju
whoever laju
whenever kuju
wherever fiju
however alju
any type of taju
?? how many, how much ?? juno
?? whichever one ?? baju

When did you say. "When" indicates a qustion but also extreme indefiniteness

"I will come whenever you say" ... Is this really a RC ... time is never a very strongly held argument of a sentence but is always a very peripheral thing.

Question word => Indefinite pronoun

Question word => RC-marker

Index

  1. Introduction to Seuna
  2. Seuna : Chapter 1
  3. Seuna word shape
  4. The script of Seuna
  5. Seuna sentence structure
  6. Seuna pronouns
  7. Seuna nouns
  8. Seuna verbs (1)
  9. Seuna adjectives
  10. Seuna demonstratives
  11. Seuna verbs (2)
  12. Asking a question in Seuna
  13. Seuna relative clauses
  14. Seuna verbs (3)
  15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
  16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
  17. Numbers in Seuna
  18. Naming people in Seuna
  19. The Seuna calendar
  20. Seuna units
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