Questions
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Polar Questions
To form polar questions, (AKA yes/no questions), the linking verb *pūag or the interrogative *pū is used.
In this example, *pūag (or in this case *pūbhu) is used to indicate a yes/no question.
Çū
pūbhu
kīya?
‘Are you happy?’
In this example, *pū is used to indicate a yes/no question. Note that it is put before the verb *ϕutsag.
Çū
pū
ϕutsbhu
sis?
‘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: *hum
What: *gua
When: *hōs
Where: *ϕim
Why: *axo
How: *mīo