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=====Interrogative pronouns===== | =====Interrogative pronouns===== | ||
All of these decline regularly unless otherwise indicated (or unless they contain an irregular component such as ''mitta''). Some particularly important case forms are specified. | All of these decline regularly unless otherwise indicated (or unless they contain an irregular component such as ''mitta''). Some particularly important case forms are specified. | ||
*''maxa (< ma + waxa'' "thing"): what - e.g. ''<b>Maxa</b> | *''maxa (< ma + waxa'' "thing"): what - e.g. ''<b>Maxa</b> tarka?'' "'''What''' do you see?" | ||
**Nominative is ''maxí'' | **Nominative is ''maxí'' | ||
*''maxoo'' (dative of ''maxa''): why - e.g. ''<b>Maxoo</b> | *''maxoo'' (dative of ''maxa''): why - e.g. ''<b>Maxoo</b> baxta?'' "'''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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**Like all genitives, must take a head nominal or ''-m'' - e.g. ''Kuni <b>íyyim</b>?'' "'''Whose''' is this?" | **Like all genitives, must take a head nominal or ''-m'' - e.g. ''Kuni <b>íyyim</b>?'' "'''Whose''' is this?" | ||
*''mánama; mádada'': who (plural) - e.g. ''<b>Madadú</b> imaataani?'' "'''Who (''pl.'')''' are coming?" | *''mánama; mádada'': who (plural) - e.g. ''<b>Madadú</b> imaataani?'' "'''Who (''pl.'')''' are coming?" | ||
*''meeqa'': how much; how many - e.g. ''<b>Meeqa</b> | *''meeqa'': how much; how many - e.g. ''<b>Meeqa</b> lite?'' "'''How much/many''' do you have?" | ||
**Can also be used as a modifier - e.g. ''<b>Meeqa</b> kitaaba | **Can also be used as a modifier - e.g. ''<b>Meeqa</b> kitaaba lite?'' "'''How many''' books do you have?" | ||
*''maka (m.); mata (f.)'': which, what, who (can be used for animate or inanimate) - e.g. ''<b>Máta</b> tuni?'' "'''What/who''' is this?" (or: "'''What/who''' are these?") | *''maka (m.); mata (f.)'': which, what, who (can be used for animate or inanimate) - e.g. ''<b>Máta</b> tuni?'' "'''What/who''' is this?" (or: "'''What/who''' are these?") | ||
**Nominative: ''makú/matú''; Genitive: ''maki/mati'' | **Nominative: ''makú/matú''; Genitive: ''maki/mati'' | ||
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*''mámara'': synonymous to ''maka/mata'' but only for plural - e.g. ''<b>Mámara</b> tuni?'' "'''What/who''' are these?" | *''mámara'': synonymous to ''maka/mata'' but only for plural - e.g. ''<b>Mámara</b> tuni?'' "'''What/who''' are these?" | ||
*''masi'': like what; how (condition) - e.g. ''<b>Mási</b> atí?'' "'''How''' are you (''f.'')?" | *''masi'': like what; how (condition) - e.g. ''<b>Mási</b> atí?'' "'''How''' are you (''f.'')?" | ||
*''masis'' (instrument of ''masi''): in what way - e.g. ''<b>Masís</b> tana | *''masis'' (instrument of ''masi''): in what way - e.g. ''<b>Masís</b> tana daqa?'' "'''How''' do I wash this?" | ||
====Numbers==== | ====Numbers==== | ||