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As Interrogatives proper, they appear BEFORE the auxiliary ''itá' '' and are accompanied by rising intonation, and often preceded by a slight pause after the main VP: ''Okep nari ayrarke, penóh hô'itá?'' (Why did Okep spank her child earlier this morning?), ''Ka ~~ta-honé~~, ra ~~pish~~'itá?'' ("Who is making you cry?)

As Interrogatives proper, they appear BEFORE the auxiliary ''itá' '' and are accompanied by rising intonation, and often preceded by a slight pause after the main VP: ''Okep nari ayrarke, penóh hô'itá?'' (Why did Okep spank her child earlier this morning?), ''Ka tahoné, ra pis'itá?'' ("Who is making you cry?)

All Interrogatives can also serve as conjunctions, eg ''Hôri ak ~~konsho~~ tā'itá' penóh Okep nari ayrarke ho'' (I did not hear/receive the news why Okep spanked (her) nephew early this morning").

All Interrogatives can also serve as conjunctions, eg ''Hôri ak kosno tā'itá' penóh Okep nari ayrarke ho'' (I did not hear/receive the news why Okep spanked (her) nephew early this morning").

Interrogatives can also serves as Conditionals by a ''~~shi~~-'' Topicalization structure: ''Ra'~~=shi~~ karampo neknek tā'itá, ~~shi-akosh ta-makkó~~ itá' '' ("Whoever slaughtered the bear (in this manner) is a danger to us all"). '''Take note that the embedded clause linked to the Interrogative is linked to its matrix clause by the Connective as well.'''

Interrogatives can also serves as Conditionals by a ''si-'' Topicalization structure: ''Ra'si karampo neknek tā'itá, siakos tamakkó itá' '' ("Whoever slaughtered the bear (in this manner) is a danger to us all"). '''Take note that the embedded clause linked to the Interrogative is linked to its matrix clause by the Connective as well.'''

''Ra' '' is a high-animacy pronoun and is outranked only by proper nouns, and 1st and 2nd person prounouns. With regards to 3rd person pronouns, the situation is more complicated, where the 3rd person pronoun sometimes outranks ''ra' '', and other times ''ra' '' outranks the 3rd person pronoun. This is because the semantics of the verb (see examples with the Verbs of Victimhood" below).

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-As Interrogatives proper, they appear BEFORE  the auxiliary ''itá' '' and are accompanied by rising intonation, and often preceded by a slight pause after the main VP: ''Okep nari ayrarke, penóh hô'itá?'' (Why did Okep spank her child earlier this morning?), ''Ka ta-honé, ra pish'itá?'' ("Who is making you cry?)
+As Interrogatives proper, they appear BEFORE  the auxiliary ''itá' '' and are accompanied by rising intonation, and often preceded by a slight pause after the main VP: ''Okep nari ayrarke, penóh hô'itá?'' (Why did Okep spank her child earlier this morning?), ''Ka tahoné, ra pis'itá?'' ("Who is making you cry?)
-All Interrogatives can also serve as  conjunctions,  eg ''Hôri ak konsho tā'itá' penóh Okep nari ayrarke ho'' (I did not hear/receive the news why Okep spanked (her) nephew early this morning").
+All Interrogatives can also serve as  conjunctions,  eg ''Hôri ak kosno tā'itá' penóh Okep nari ayrarke ho'' (I did not hear/receive the news why Okep spanked (her) nephew early this morning").
-Interrogatives can also serves as Conditionals by a ''shi-'' Topicalization structure: ''Ra'=shi karampo neknek tā'itá, shi-akosh ta-makkó itá' '' ("Whoever slaughtered the bear (in this manner) is a danger to us all"). '''Take note that the embedded clause linked to the Interrogative is linked to its matrix clause by the Connective as well.'''
+Interrogatives can also serves as Conditionals by a ''si-'' Topicalization structure: ''Ra'si karampo neknek tā'itá, siakos tamakkó itá' '' ("Whoever slaughtered the bear (in this manner) is a danger to us all"). '''Take note that the embedded clause linked to the Interrogative is linked to its matrix clause by the Connective as well.'''
 ''Ra' '' is a high-animacy pronoun and is outranked only by proper nouns, and 1st and 2nd person prounouns. With regards to 3rd person pronouns, the situation is more complicated,  where the 3rd person pronoun sometimes outranks ''ra' '', and other times ''ra' '' outranks the 3rd person pronoun. This is because the semantics of the verb (see examples with the Verbs of Victimhood" below).