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Section about asking "Whose ...?"
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In the forest, the dog bit the lizard.
In the forest, the dog bit the lizard.


==Noun Phrases==
==Noun Phrases==
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Where did the dog bite the lizard?
Where did the dog bite the lizard?
====Asking about Possessors====
Kämpya has no word meaning "whose". Instead it is necessary to ask "Who has ...?", combined with a relative clause e.g.
/ˈkʰwèi̤=zù káiʔk gáʔɾ zwé=ˈhḛ̂b/
dog=ERG bite lizard Q.ERG=have
Whose lizard did the dog bite? (literally "Who has the lizard that the dog bit?")
or
/θú=ˈkáiʔk kʰwèi̤ ˈgáʔɾ=àuŋ zwé=ˈhḛ̂b/
ANTIP=bite dog lizard=DAT Q.ERG=have
Whose dog bit the lizard? (literally "Who has the dog that bit the lizard?")