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 Some pronominal forms have got both a singular and a plural voice, but adjective forms have got ONLY one voice, that is both singular and plural. Except for ''nuin'' / ''ries'' and ''oukuin'' / ''oukries'', indefinites don't have a gender distinction.
-===Relatives===
+===Relatives, interrogatives and exclamatives===
 The main relatives are:
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 * ''A ki est heik liver?'' - Whose is this book?
-We have to pay attention to translate the English word ''what''. In some cases it can be translated as ''ke'', how we have seen, but this is correct only when it precedes a noun, otherwise, if it is a pronoun, it must be translated as ''kou'':
+We have to pay attention to translate the English word ''what''. In some cases it can be translated as ''ke'', as we have seen, but this is correct only when it precedes a noun, otherwise, if it is a pronoun, it must be translated as ''kou'':
 * ''Ke noem nit!'' - What a beautiful name!
 * ''Kou est tuis noem?'' - What's your name?
+Relatives can be used also as interrogatives or exclamatives and the axamples above show it clearly. Other interrogatives are:
+{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
+!'''Interrogatives'''
+!'''Meaning'''
+|-
+|''unt''
+|where
+|-
+|''kand''
+|when
+|-
+|''koem''
+|how
+|-
+|''kuir''
+|why
+|}
+''Kuir'' is used both in questions and answers; ''unt'' and ''kand'' can be used also as a sort of relatives:
+* ''Kuir vleet toe?'' - Why do you cry?
+* ''Kuir eg zom meist.'' - Because I'm sad.
+* ''Hij orf, unt eg wijf.'' - The city where I live.
+* ''Hoe teens, kand eg veu uin juwen.'' - The time when I was a boy.
 ==Verbs==