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A content question is one that asks for some specific kind of information other than just yes or no. A content question may have the same structure as the corresponding statement, with the question word where the answer would go. The complete list of content question words follows:
Word | Tag | Gloss | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ke | CQ.I | "what" | pronoun |
ki | CQ.A | "who(m)" | pronoun |
kio | CQ.Pos | "whose" | possessive determiner |
eke | CQ.L | "where" | locational verb |
kan | CQ.Tw | "when" | temporal adverb |
kin | CQ.Td | "?" | duration adverb? |
ka | CQ.Deg | "how" | degree |
ko | CQ.D | "which" | determiner |
te vida ke?
"What did you see?"
ki auda Janno?
"Who heard John?"
vas vida ko kano?
"Which dog did you see?"
gatto eke?
"Where are the cats?"
para ke te vade?
"Why did you go?"
The discourse deictics answer the question ko "which" (CQ.D). The discourse deictic to (Prx.D) refers to anything or anyone conceptually near the speaker while le (Dis.D) refers to anything or anyone conceptually distant and so (Med.D) refers to anything or anyone else.
Discourse deictics are used as 3rd person pronouns and occasionally as the corresponding determiners. Note that the deictics themselves don't distinguish gender or number.
me vida yo gatto. to dorme.
"I saw a cat. It was sleeping."
Translate into English:
1. te vida ko kano?.
Translate into TIAL:
1. .
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