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Verbal wh-questions are always cleft sentences: The material after the wh-word becomes a relative clause with the wh-word as the head. The relative clause can be a ''cha''-clause vs. a ''vi''-clause:
Verbal wh-questions are always cleft sentences: The material after the wh-word becomes a relative clause with the wh-word as the head. The relative clause can be a ''cha''-clause vs. a ''vi''-clause:


:'''''Yan vi tágħti?'''''
:'''''Yan vi inágħti u shaanf?'''''
:yan vi ta-għát-i
:yan vi in-għát-i u shaanf
:what VI.PRES 2SG.S-see-INF
:what VI.PRES 2SG.S-see-INF DEF shaanf
:''What do you see?'' (lit. What is that which you see?)
:''What does the woman see?'' (lit. What is that which the woman sees?)


:'''''Yakh għan do'ch agħt vikh rṓzhas?'''''
:'''''Yakh għan do'ch agħt vikh rṓzhas?'''''
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