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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" ("ulûk" or simply "ûk") or "none of them" ("narash" or just "nar") or "both" (= "za agh zîg", lit. "this and that"; = "zîg agh isk", lit. "that and another").
-===== 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.
-===== Special questions =====
-//Special// or //non-polar// questions are formed with question words (interrogative [[proform|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)-//.
-==== List of question words ====
-^ English ^ Nûrlâm ^ Example ^
-| how     | marz   | |
-| what    | mash   | |
-| when    | mil | |
-| whence(("where ... from", source)) | minah, minbo | |
-| where   | min | |
-| whether((usually in alternative and indirect questions)) | makon (any), mashkon (whatever, whichever) | |
-| which   | mai (who), mash (what) | |
-| whither(("where ... to", target, goal)) | minishi, minu | |
-| who     | mai, mash (what) | |
-| whom    | mai, mash (in any grammatical or marginal case except Nominative and Genitive) | |
-| whose   | maib, mashob | |
-| why     | mûr | |
-===== 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. For example "I don't know __where did he go__" = "Danarîst __amin ta ukhuz__"((Nûrlâm do not use auxiliary verbs like "do/does/did", so "did go" translates into "go.PST" = "ukhuz"))

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