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===Questions=== | ===Questions=== | ||
Ewige possesses the following words to form questions. The interrogative words are simply placed where a non-interrogative word would be; there is no do-support as in English. | Ewige possesses the following words to form questions. When applicable, corresponding non-interrogative words are also given. The interrogative words are simply placed where a non-interrogative word would be; there is no do-support as in English. | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan="2" | Interrogative | |||
! colspan="2" | Proximate | |||
! colspan="2" | Distal | |||
|- | |||
! English | |||
! Ewige | |||
! English | |||
! Ewige | |||
! English | ! English | ||
! Ewige | ! Ewige | ||
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| what? | | what? | ||
| ''hei?'' | | ''hei?'' | ||
| this | |||
| ''gei'' | |||
| that | |||
| ''twei'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| who/whom? | | who/whom? | ||
| ''hor?'' | | ''hor?'' | ||
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" | — | |||
|- | |- | ||
| which? | | which? | ||
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| where? | | where? | ||
| ''heiry?'' (from ''hei iry?'', literally "what place?") | | ''heiry?'' (from ''hei iry?'', literally "what place?") | ||
| here | |||
| ''ga'' | |||
| there | |||
| ''twa'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| when? | | when? | ||
| ''hou?'' | | ''hou?'' | ||
| now | |||
| ''gou'' | |||
| then | |||
| ''tou'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| why? | | why? | ||
| ''ha?'' | | ''ha?'' | ||
| thus (for this reason) | |||
| ''ga'' | |||
| thus (for that reason) | |||
| ''twa'' | |||
|} | |} | ||
To form generic equivalents, ''é-'' is prefixed to the interrogative forms, such as ''éhor'' ("someone"). | |||
==Sample text== | ==Sample text== | ||