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:github_url: https://git.door43.org/Door43/en_uhg/src/branch/master/content/pronoun_interrogative.rst
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.. _pronoun_interrogative:
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Pronoun Interrogative
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=====================
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Summary
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The interrogative pronoun shows that a sentence is a question.
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Interrogative means "having the force of a question", so an
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interrogative pronoun is a word that signals that someone is asking a
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question. Two of the most common ones (מִי and מָה) are identical to the
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:ref:`pronoun_indefinite`,
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in which case the context has to make clear which one it is.
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Form
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----
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Interrogative pronouns do not change their form based on number, gender,
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or person. Their vowels can change a little bit based on with which
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sound the next word begins.
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Asking for a person (מִי)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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"who?"
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- GEN 24:65
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מִֽי־הָאִ֤ישׁ הַלָּזֶה֙
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**mi**-ha'ish hallazeh
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**Who**\ \_the-man the-that
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**Who** is that man?
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- EXO 15:11
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מִֽי־כָמֹ֤כָה בָּֽאֵלִם֙ יְהוָ֔ה
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**mi**-khamokhah ba'elim yehwah
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**Who**\ \_like-you among-the-gods Yahweh
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"**Who** is like you, Yahweh, among the gods?"
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With לְ preposition
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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"to whom?"
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- GEN 32:18
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לְמִי־אַ֙תָּה֙
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**lemi**-'attoh
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**To-whom**\ \_you
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**To whom** do you belong?
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Wish or optative
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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"I wish that someone" or "if only someone"
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- 2SA 15:4
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מִי־יְשִׂמֵ֥נִי שֹׁפֵ֖ט בָּאָ֑רֶץ
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**mi**-yesimeni shofet ba'arets
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**Who**\ \_will-put-me judge in-the-land
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**I wish that** I were made judge in the land!
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- 2SA 23:15
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מִ֚י יַשְׁקֵ֣נִי מַ֔יִם
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**mi** yashqeni mayim
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**Who** will-give-me water
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**If only someone** would give me water!
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:ref:`adverb`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Functioning like an interrogative adverb of manner "how"
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- AMO 7:2
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מִ֥י יָק֖וּם יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב
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**mi** yaqum ya'aqov
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**How** will-survive Jacob
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**How** will Jacob survive?
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Asking for a thing (מָה)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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"what?"
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- 1SA 20:1
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מַה־פִּשְׁעִי֙
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**mah**-ppish'iy
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**What**\ \_my-iniquity
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**What** is my iniquity?
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- JDG 18:18
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מָ֥ה אַתֶּ֖ם עֹשִֽׂים
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**mah** 'attem 'osim
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**What** you are-doing
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**What** are you doing?
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with prepositions
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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by what / how (בַּמָּה)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''
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- GEN 15:8
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בַּמָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע
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**bammah** 'eda'
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**In-the-what** will-I-know
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**How** will I know?
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like what / how many, how much (כַּמָּה)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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- GEN 47:8
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כַּמָּ֕ה יְמֵ֖י שְׁנֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ
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**kammah** yeme shene hayyeykha
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**Like-what** days-of years-of your-life
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**How long** have you lived?
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for what / why (לָמָּה)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''
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- GEN 4:6
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לָ֚מָּה חָ֣רָה לָ֔ךְ **וְלָ֖מָּה** נָפְל֥וּ פָנֶֽיךָ
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**lommah** harah lakh **welammah** noflu faneykha
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**For-what** you-angry to-you **and-for-what** has-fallen your-face
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**Why** are you angry **and why** are you scowling?
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until what / how long (עַד־מָה)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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- PSA 79:5
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עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תֶּאֱנַ֣ף לָנֶ֑צַח
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**'ad-mah** yehwah te'enaf lanetsah
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**Until\_what** Yahweh will-you-be-angry forever
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"**How long**, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever?"
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upon what / why (עַל־מָה)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''
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- NUM 22:32
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עַל־מָ֗ה הִכִּ֙יתָ֙ אֶת־אֲתֹ֣נְךָ֔
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**'al-mah** hikkitha 'eth-'athonekha
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**On\_what** did-you-strike [dir.obj]\_your-donkey
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**Why** have you struck your donkey?
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:ref:`adverb`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Functioning like an interrogative adverb of manner "how"
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- GEN 44:16
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וּמַה־נִּצְטַדָּ֑ק
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**wumah**-nnitstaddaq
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**and-what** we-will-justify-ourselves
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**or how** can we justify ourselves?
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why
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^^^
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- EXO 14:15
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מַה־תִּצְעַ֖ק אֵלָ֑י
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**mah**-tits'aq 'ela
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**what**\ \_you-cry-out to-me
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**why** are you continuing to call out to me?
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:ref:`adverb` used to introduce a question
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Adverb of manner "how?"
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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אֵיךְ
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- PSA 137:4
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אֵ֗יךְ נָשִׁ֥יר
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**'ekh** nashir
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**How** can-we-sing
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**How** could we sing?
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- 1KI 12:6
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אֵ֚יךְ אַתֶּ֣ם נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים
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**'ekh** 'attem no'atsim
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**How** you advise
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**How** do you advise me
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Adverb of place "where?"
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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אַיֵּה / אֵי
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- GEN 18:9
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אַיֵּ֖ה שָׂרָ֣ה אִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ
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**'ayyeh** sarah 'ishtekha
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**Where** Sarah your-wife
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**Where** is Sarah your wife?
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- Gen 4:9
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אֵ֖י הֶ֣בֶל אָחִ֑יךָ
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**'e** hevel 'ahikha
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**Where** Abel your-brother
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"**Where** is Abel, your brother?"
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- GEN 19:5
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אַיֵּ֧ה הָאֲנָשִׁ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ
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**'ayyeh** ha'anashim 'asher-ba'u 'eleykha
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**Where** the-men that\_came-in to-you
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**Where** are the men that came in to you?
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