Interrogatives are special pronouns or verb particles that turns a sentence into a question or interrogation
9.1 What - To ask for things or information
To ask for information specifying something you use sang or kāa sang interrogative pronoun
cEw@ m]# ka@ s[q
(tsēr máu kāa sang)
- What is your name?
m]# et sUtq$ s[q xa@
(máu te sôt sang khāa)
- What would you like to drink?
9.2 Who - To ask about person as subject
To ask about an unknown person you use phau
s,w nnq$ pCnq f]
(saao nân pen phau)
- Who is that girl?
f] yU! tI@ nj@
(phau yùu tēe nāi)
- Who lives here?
9.3 Where - To ask about location
To ask location, you use thau relative pronoun
sU et pj v]
(suu te pai thau)
- Where are you going?
sU yU! tI@ v]
(suu yùu tēe thau)
- Where do you live?
9.4 How - To ask about method, manner or means
To ask about manner or the condition or quality of something you use tsêrng her in the end
sU pj rU[q# rCnq# cE[q$ hEw
(suu pai róng rén tsêrng her)
- How do you go to school?
To cross-question a person, you say
m]# lU#
(máu lúu)
- How about you?
9.5 Which - To ask from a specified set
To ask about specified information from a specified set you use nau in the end
m]# vukq! c] sI n]
(máu thùk tsau see nau)
- Which color do you like?
9.6 When - To ask about time
To ask about time you use mēr nau in the end
m]# et pj tI@ nnq@ mEw@ n]
(máu te pai tēe nān mēr nau)
- When will you go there?
9.7 Why - To ask about reason
To ask the reason why, you use kāwp sang in beginning or yâwn sang in end
kopq@ s[q sU rkq$ kw
(kāwp sang suu râk kao)
- Why do you love me?
sU rj@ yonq$ s[q
(suu rāi yâwn sang)
- Why are you crying?
And, that was all for the interrogatives lesson. And for now we will stop here and release more lessons as we find time. Thank you
Happy Learning
- Learn Ahom Team
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9.1 What - To ask for things or information
To ask for information specifying something you use sang or kāa sang interrogative pronoun
cEw@ m]# ka@ s[q(tsēr máu kāa sang)
- What is your name?
m]# et sUtq$ s[q xa@(máu te sôt sang khāa)
- What would you like to drink?
9.2 Who - To ask about person as subject
To ask about an unknown person you use phau
s,w nnq$ pCnq f](saao nân pen phau)
- Who is that girl?
f] yU! tI@ nj@(phau yùu tēe nāi)
- Who lives here?
9.3 Where - To ask about location
To ask location, you use thau relative pronoun
sU et pj v](suu te pai thau)
- Where are you going?
sU yU! tI@ v](suu yùu tēe thau)
- Where do you live?
9.4 How - To ask about method, manner or means
To ask about manner or the condition or quality of something you use tsêrng her in the end
sU pj rU[q# rCnq# cE[q$ hEw(suu pai róng rén tsêrng her)
- How do you go to school?
To cross-question a person, you say
m]# lU#(máu lúu)
- How about you?
9.5 Which - To ask from a specified set
To ask about specified information from a specified set you use nau in the end
m]# vukq! c] sI n](máu thùk tsau see nau)
- Which color do you like?
9.6 When - To ask about time
To ask about time you use mēr nau in the end
m]# et pj tI@ nnq@ mEw@ n](máu te pai tēe nān mēr nau)
- When will you go there?
9.7 Why - To ask about reason
To ask the reason why, you use kāwp sang in beginning or yâwn sang in end
kopq@ s[q sU rkq$ kw(kāwp sang suu râk kao)
- Why do you love me?
sU rj@ yonq$ s[q(suu rāi yâwn sang)
- Why are you crying?
And, that was all for the interrogatives lesson. And for now we will stop here and release more lessons as we find time. Thank you
Happy Learning
- Learn Ahom Team
We thank @birmanicus for providing all audio in this lessons as well as other lessons. So please make sure to follow him on instagram