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50 lines
749 B
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## Questions
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There are a few ways to ask questions in L'ewa. They correlate to the different
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kinds of things that the speaker could want to know.
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### `ma`
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`ma` is the particle used to fill in a missing/unknown noun phrase. Consider
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these sentences:
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ma blanu?
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what is blue?
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```
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ro qa madsa ma?
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you are eating what?
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### `no`
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`no` is the particle used to fill in a missing/unknown verb. Consider these
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sentences:
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ro no?
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How are you doing?
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le wufra xi no?
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The dog did what?
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### `so`
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`so` is the particle used to ask questions about numbers, similar to the "how
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many" construct in English.
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ro madsa so spalo?
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You ate how many apples?
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```
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le so zasko xi qa'te glowa
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How many plants grow quickly?
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