Questions
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Polar Questions
To form polar questions, (AKA yes/no questions), the linking verb puak or the interrogative pu is used.
In this example, puak (or in this case pupu) is used to indicate a yes/no question.
|cui_pupu_kIja.
Shui⠀pupu⠀kízha?
‘Are you happy?’
In this example, pu is used to indicate a yes/no question. Note that it is put before the verb vustak.
|cui_pu_vustpu_zis.
Shui⠀pu⠀vustpu⠀this?
‘Do you have (a) child?’
Open Questions
To form open questions, (e.g. where, what, when, why, etc.), various interrogative words can be added to the beginning of a phrase.
Who: hú
What: gya
When: hós
Where: vim
Why: áo
How: mio