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====Interrogative====
====Interrogative====
There are only five interrogative pronouns: ''khar'' "who" and ''war'' "what", ''khim'' "when", ''kei'' "where" and ''khōn'' "how", all, except ''kei'', likely are composites, based on the way they were written in Old Kērsal inscriptions, with two syllabic symbols rather than having their own separate symbols, like most other monosyllabic Kērsalur words. They behave like nouns: they make up noun phrases in their own right, having the case markers appropriate for the grammatical function they perform.
There are only five interrogative pronouns: ''khar'' "who" and ''war'' "what", ''khim'' "when", ''kei'' "where" and ''khōn'' "how", all, except ''kei'', likely are composites, based on the way they were written in Old Kērsal inscriptions, with two syllabic symbols rather than having their own separate symbols, like most other monosyllabic Kērsalur words. They behave like nouns: they make up noun phrases in their own right, having the case markers appropriate for the grammatical function they perform: ''War laxēwamti?'' "What have I learnt from you?" There is also an interrogative clitic ''kh(e)-'' which is usually attached to the main verb in a sentence and indicates a question, when no other interrogative pronoun is used: ''Khax Ilitmi kōlšu?'' "Is your name Ilitmi?"


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