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**Nominative is ''maxí'' | **Nominative is ''maxí'' | ||
*''maxoo'' (dative of ''maxa''): why - e.g. ''<b>Maxoo</b> baxtaa?'' "'''Why''' are you leaving" | *''maxoo'' (dative of ''maxa''): why - e.g. ''<b>Maxoo</b> baxtaa?'' "'''Why''' are you leaving" | ||
*''iyya'': who (singular) - e.g. ''<b>Iyya</b> tarkaa?'' "'''Who''' do you see?" | *''iyya'': who (singular) - e.g. ''<b>Iyya</b> tarkaa?'' "'''Who''' do you see?" | ||
**Nominative is ''iyyí'' | **Nominative is ''iyyí'' | ||
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*''meeqa'': how much; how many - e.g. ''<b>Meeqa</b> litee?'' "'''How much/many''' do you have?" | *''meeqa'': how much; how many - e.g. ''<b>Meeqa</b> litee?'' "'''How much/many''' do you have?" | ||
**Can also be used as a modifier - e.g. ''<b>Meeqa</b> kitaaba litee?'' "'''How many''' books do you have?" | **Can also be used as a modifier - e.g. ''<b>Meeqa</b> kitaaba litee?'' "'''How many''' books do you have?" | ||
*''ma ka (m.); ma ta (f.)'': which, what, who (can be used for animate or inanimate) | *''ma ka (m.); ma ta (f.)'': which, what, who (can be used for animate or inanimate) - e.g. ''<b>Ma ta</b> tuni?'' "'''What/who''' is this?" (or: "'''What/who''' are these?") | ||
*''ma mitta (m.); ma mitti (f.)'': synonymous to ''ma ka/ta'' but only for singular | *''ma mitta (m.); ma mitti (f.)'': synonymous to ''ma ka/ta'' but only for singular - e.g. ''<b>Ma mitti</b> tuni''? "'''What/who''' is this?" | ||
*''ma mara'': synonymous to ''ma ka/ta'' but only for plural - e.g. ''<b>Ma mara</b> tuni?'' "'''What/who''' are these?" | |||
*''ma si'': like what; how (condition) - e.g. ''<b>Ma si</b> atí?'' "'''How''' are you (''f.'')?" | *''ma si'': like what; how (condition) - e.g. ''<b>Ma si</b> atí?'' "'''How''' are you (''f.'')?" | ||
*''ma sis'' (instrument of ''ma si''): in what way - e.g. ''<b>Ma sis</b> tana daqaa?'' "'''How''' do I wash this?" | *''ma sis'' (instrument of ''ma si''): in what way - e.g. ''<b>Ma sis</b> tana daqaa?'' "'''How''' do I wash this?" | ||