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| colspan="4" | '''''Wa i <span style="color:blue">lu ma</span>?''''' | | colspan="4" | '''''Wa i <span style="color:blue">lu ma</span>?''''' | ||
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| wa || i || | | wa || i || lu ||ma | ||
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| 2s || <small>COP</small> || located.<small>E</small> || what/who | | 2s || <small>COP</small> || located.<small>E</small> || what/who | ||
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Other interrogative meanings such as "why" and "how" are formed by the use of '''ma''' in conjunction with generic nouns such as '''zye''' 'reason', 'cause', '''nde''' 'reason', 'goal' and '''ndo''' 'manner'. | |||
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| colspan="7" | '''''<span style="color:blue">Ma i nde</span> zyu wa i luwa?''''' | |||
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| ma || i || nde || zyu || wa || i || luwa | |||
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| what || <small>COP</small> || goal || <small>GEN.C</small> || 2S || <small>COP</small> || located.by.2S.<small>E</small> | |||
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| colspan="4" | ''<span style="color:blue">Why</span> are you here?'' | |||
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| colspan="4" | ''<span style="color:blue">What</span> are you here <span style="color:blue">for</span>?'' | |||
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| colspan="8" | '''''De i ngu zyi <span style="color:blue">u ndo i ma</span>?''''' | |||
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| de || i || ngu || zyi || u || ndo || i || ma | |||
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| <small>DEF.E</small> || <small>COP</small> || kill.<small>AG</small> || <small>GEN.DEF</small> || <small>ADV</small> || manner/method || <small>COP</small> || what | |||
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| colspan="4" | ''<span style="color:blue">How</span> did he kill it?'' | |||
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===Names=== | ===Names=== | ||
===Numerals=== | ===Numerals=== | ||
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