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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:
-:'''''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?'''''