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=====Interrogative Pronouns===== | =====Interrogative Pronouns===== | ||
1) There is one interroɡative pronoun: | 1) There is one interroɡative pronoun: ye 'who, what' which is undifferentiated for number. | ||
2) All other interrogatives are built from this by adding the appropriate case. Eɡ: | 2) All other interrogatives are built from this by adding the appropriate case. Eɡ: yel 'where?', yep 'with whom?' | ||
3) There is an interrogative pronominal possessive prefix: | 3) There is an interrogative pronominal possessive prefix: yen- 'whose?'. | ||
4) Prefixing | 4) Prefixing ye- to a noun gives the sense of 'which?'. | ||
5) The canonical word-order of Magellanican is VSOX. Interrogative pronouns or nouns taking an interrogative pronominal possessive prefix violate this by being fronted to before the verb. | 5) The canonical word-order of Magellanican is VSOX. Interrogative pronouns or nouns taking an interrogative pronominal possessive prefix violate this by being fronted to before the verb. | ||