Old Shalaian/Syntax: Difference between revisions

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 Yes-no questions are answered using preverbs.
 ====Wh-questions====
-The interrogative word always comes first in the sentence. Usually the material after the wh-word becomes a relative clause with the wh-word as the head. The relative clause can be a ''cha''-clause vs. a ''vi''-clause.
+The interrogative word always comes first in the sentence. Usually the material after the wh-word becomes a relative clause with the wh-word as the head. The relative clause can be a ''cha''-clause vs. a ''vi''-clause:
+:'''''Yan vi tághti?'''''
+:yan vi tá-ghat-i
+:what VI.PRES 2SG.S-see-INF
+:''What do you see?'' (lit. What is it that you see?)
 ==='There is' and 'have'===