139,489
edits
Scellan/Syntax: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
→Questions
m (→Questions) |
|||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
==Questions== | ==Questions== | ||
=== | ===Polar questions=== | ||
For yes/no questions, particles are placed at the beginning of the sentence: | For polar questions, i.e. yes/no questions, particles are placed at the beginning of the sentence: | ||
*'' | *''TOPIC sec VERB ...?'' = as for TOPIC, is it the case that...? | ||
*'' | *''TOPIC sia VERB ...?'' = as for TOPIC, is it not the case that...? | ||
*Literary style may use the question particle ''es'', inherited from Tigol. | *Literary style may use the question particle ''es'', inherited from Tigol. | ||
| Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
*''vwa'' = 'yes' to a ''negative'' question; also used to contradict a negative statement | *''vwa'' = 'yes' to a ''negative'' question; also used to contradict a negative statement | ||
*''ter'' = 'no' to a ''negative'' question: also used to agree with a negative statement | *''ter'' = 'no' to a ''negative'' question: also used to agree with a negative statement | ||
===Content questions=== | |||
Skellan is wh-in-situ, unlike English. | |||
==Negation== | ==Negation== | ||