Showing posts with label Asking Questions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asking Questions. Show all posts

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Asking Questions in Iseren

Gúus uu...? /guːs uː/
"What...?(Noun)"

Dúus uu...? /duːs uː/

"What...?(Verb)"

Gitlaan uu...? /git͡ɬ'an uː/

"Where...?"

Hín uu...? /xin uː/

"How...?"

Sán uu...? /san uː/

"How...?(It's just another way to say how)"

Éihl uu...? /eːɬ uː/

"Why...?"

Gám éihl uu...? /ɢʌm eːɬ uː/

"Why don't/not...?"

Gíist uu...? /giːst uː/

"Who...?"

Gíisand uu...? /giːsand uː/

"When...?"

Gw...? /ɢʊ/

"Did/Does...?"


Examples

Hín uu ...gwii kya’áang? /xin uː ...ɣʷiː kjaʔaːŋ/ - Literally "How is ... called to?"
"What is ...'s name?"

Hín uu ... giidang? /xin uː ... ɢiːdaŋ/
"How is ... feeling?"


Responses

Áang /aːŋ/
"Yes"


Yéi /jeː/
"No"


Ayáa /ajaː/
"I don't know"

... xín ...gwii kya’áang. /san uː ...ɣʷiː kjaʔaːŋ/ - Literally "... is how ... is called to."
"...'s name is ..."


Éihl... /eːɬ/
"Because..."