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Kardii grammar: Questions

Kardii grammar: Questions

A Kardii question is indicated by a rising tone of voice at the end of the sentence or by using a question word in the sentence:

'ki iramache la?' (what do you search for?)

In written Kardii, a closed (Yes or No) question is indicated by using the word 'kay' at the beginning of the sentence:

'Is it blue?: 'sy vree?' (spoken) Vs. 'kay sy vree?' (written)

Question Words

Word	Meaning	Kardiifa
ba	how?	*bialis*
da	who?, whose?	*dasles*
ha	how many?, how much?
j'ta	that is called what?
la	what?, which?	*lokana*
ma	why?	*mavenana*
pra	where?	*prasa*
ra	when?	*rafahla*
thanoia	how heavy?

Unusual looking ones like thanoia are a remnant of a time way back when a questioning form was a regular inflection.

Lache?

The word 'la ('what?') can also be used as a verb:

'seren lache?' (what is the dog doing?)

While this verb generally means 'to do what?', it can also mean 'what is happening?':

'prast a lacha?' (what has happened here?)

'Lache' is often used when someone is confused by the situation at hand:

'lache?' (what's going on?)

Yes and No

Kardii has three words for 'yes', each of which has a corresponding phrase for 'no'. The word for 'no' is simply the word for 'yes' with the negative particle 'tuii' placed after it.

'pa' and 'pa tuii'	Answer with these if the question is about you (eg. Are you happy? Will you go home tomorrow? Can you swim?).
'pri' and 'pri tuii'	Answer with these if the question is asking whether or not an action was/is being/will be performed (eg. Has he come? Will it fall? Are they practicing?).
'ty' and 'ty tuii'	'ty' is the default 'yes'. It is used in all other situations.

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