7 - Interrogative words and prepositions
Interrogative words
* Referring to things
With prepositions
Ov ka men ce ?
Ki ka skriv he ?
What does she think about ?
What does he write with ?
Ka instrumente jeg tu ?
* Referring to persons
With prepositions
* Choice
* Time
Kele fotòs nemì tu in Doskia ?
* Place
With prepositions
* Manner
* Cause
* Quantity
Interrogative phrases with KA
Prepositions
A) Prepositions of place (position and movement)
* Movement alone
* Position alone
* Position and movement
These prepositions indicate a movement with a verb of movement and a position with a static verb
Intra ni has id mar je ste u pinifost
B) Prepositions of Time
* The prepositions BE and IN
The hour, the day, the date: BE The month, the season, the year: IN
* No preposition
Je ste mole liente in de vendias for Krisgèn
* Other Prepositions of Time
Note: The prepositions for, pos, tis, trawàn are also conjunctions (before, after, till, while: see Chapter 8, 2, Subordinating); the
prepositions for & pos are also adverbs (pos = then)
* The adverb of time : …FOR = ago is placed after the adverbial phrase of time
Ex
I kopì di horèl ses mone for
Shakespeare genì kwer sunte jare for
I bought this watch six months ago
Shakespeare was born 400 years ago
C) Other Prepositions