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These conjunctions may take pronominal inflections, taking the pronoun suffix for the subject. | These conjunctions may take pronominal inflections, taking the pronoun suffix for the subject. | ||
===Questions=== | ===Questions=== | ||
Yes-no questions are formed by changing the determiner ''ne'' of the syntactic subject (the thing being asked about) to ''ve''. The particle ''qu'' may optionally be added to the beginning. | |||
Lečar ně qama. = Mother is at home. | |||
(Qu) lečar vě qama? = Is Mother at home? | |||
Wh-questions are formed by putting the appropriate interrogative word at the beginning, and using the same determiner change. | |||
Jos vě qama? = Where is Mother? | |||
Jam vě miedsad(ie)? = What is your name? | |||
===Translating "to be"=== | ===Translating "to be"=== | ||
Netagin translates all five senses of English "be" with distinct constructions: | Netagin translates all five senses of English "be" with distinct constructions: | ||