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-====== Questions ====== 
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-===== General questions ===== 
-//General// or //polar// questions require answering with "yes" ("akh") or "no" ("nar"). They may be answered by repeating the statement from question in declarative form, especially when question contains double negative. 
-To convert declarative sentence into general question [[mood_interrogative|interrogative mood]] is used. It is formed by adding prefix //mar-// to the [[grammar_verb|verb]]. Word order is not changed in general questions. 
-===== Alternative questions ===== 
-//Alternative// or //choice// questions are similar to general questions but answer requires selecting option(s) presented in question. Answer may be also like "all of them" or "none of them" or "both" (= "za agh zîg", lit. "this and that"; = "zîg agh isk", lit. "that and another"). 
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-===== Disjunctive questions ===== 
-//Disjunctive// or //tag// questions are formed with declarative sentence, but turned into interrogative by question particle (tag) "//mar?//" which may be translated into English as "right?", "isn't it?" etc. 
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-===== Special questions ===== 
-//Special// or //non-polar// questions are formed with question words (interrogative pro-forms: pronouns and pro-adverbs) and require a full sentence to answer. Interrogative mood is not used because question words already contain question prefix //m(a)-//. 
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-===== Indirect questions ===== 
-//Indirect questions// are subordinate clauses of declarative sentences. They are formed similar to special questions, but question words are replaced with their relative counterparts. Interrogative mood is not used. 
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