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What kind?
To ask what something is like (What color is it?, What kind of dog?), put the blank on an adjective: gar. Answer with the adjective as a citation.
yel gar zodozel.y-question | g-wh | z-dog
"What is the dog like?"
gelazem."Big."
| Ageben | English |
|--------|---------| | gar | What is it like? / What kind? | | ger | Like anything in particular? | | gur | What else is it like? |
Compare with: like what? is the similative blank, hewem blar: it asks for a model to resemble, not a property.
When?
To ask when? / in what case?, put the blank har in the /h/ slot (or war on /w/).
yel har zahelan vowurol.y-question | h-when | z-Ahelan | v-walk
"When does Ahelan walk?"
| Ageben | English (statement, bare) | English (under question, bare) |
|---|---|---|
har / war | sometimes | When? / In what case? |
Where?
To ask where?, write an extra-noun hook (a short word like at, in, or from that brings in a /b/ noun), then the blank bar in the /b/ slot after it. The hook picks which where you mean.
yel el bar zahelan vowurol.y-question | [at | b-wh] | z-Ahelan | v-walk
"Where does Ahelan walk?"
yel al bar zodozel vezuvel.y-question | [in | b-wh] | z-dog | v-sleep
"What does the dog sleep in?"
| Ageben | English |
|--------|---------| | el bar | Where (at)? | | al bar | In what? | | ul bar | Where from? | | ol bar | For whom? | | el ber | Anywhere? | | el bur | Where else? |
Answer with the hook and the landmark, as a citation: el bohehal. ("At the house.").
Compare with: when? is har on /h/. Occasions are times or cases, so a place never goes there.
Whose?
To ask whose?, write the hook om (used by) after the thing, then the blank bar: the same shape as where?. Because om says the /b/ noun uses the thing, the question asks who uses it?
yel zodozel om bar vowurol.y-question | [z-dog | [used-by | b-wh]] | v-walk
"Whose dog walks?"
Answer with the hook and the user, as a citation: om bazozon. ("Azozon's.").
How?
To ask how?, use the same shape as where?: a word that says how the answer relates to the event, then the blank blar. For manner (in what way?), that word is hewem like, so the question asks like what?
yel hewem blar zazozon vowurol.y-question | [h-like | bl-wh] | z-Azozon | v-walk
"How does Azozon walk?" (like what?)
To ask about means (with what?), use the using hook with the blank: aol bar.
Why?
To ask why?, write a condition word (because, so that, in case), then the blank blar. Pick the word for the kind of reason you want.
yel thahum blar zazozon vowurol.y-question | [th-because | bl-wh] | z-Azozon | v-walk
"Why does Azozon walk?" (because of what?)
yel hovam blar zazozon vowurol.y-question | [h-so-that | bl-wh] | z-Azozon | v-walk
"What does Azozon walk for?"
| Ageben | English |
|--------|---------| | thahum blar | Why? (because of what?) | | hovam blar | What for? (for what purpose?) | | thohem blar | Under what condition? / In what case? |
Practice
Short drills for Beginner. Try each item before opening Show answer.
Setting: a visitor desk
New words:
| English | Ageben | Cue |
|---|---|---|
| map | agol | 🗺️ |
Review:
| English | Ageben |
|---|---|
| Azozon | azozon |
| Alazun | alazun |
| Ahelan | ahelan |
| dog | odozel |
| find | vumewel |
| walk | vowurol |
| sleep | vezuvel |
| tell | vezuyol |
English → Ageben
1. What is the map like?
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yel gar zagol.
y-question | g-wh | z-map
2. When does Ahelan walk?
Show answer
yel har zahelan vowurol.
y-question | h-when | z-Ahelan | v-walk
3. Whose map does Alazun find?
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yel dagol om bar zalazun vumewel.
y-question | [d-map | [used-by | b-wh]] | z-Alazun | v-find
4. Where does Ahelan walk?
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yel el bar zahelan vowurol.
y-question | [at | b-wh] | z-Ahelan | v-walk
Ageben → English
1. yel thahum blar zazozon vowurol.
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y-question | [th-because | bl-wh] | z-Azozon | v-walk
Why does Azozon walk?
2. yel hewem blar zahelan vezuyol.
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y-question | [h-like | bl-wh] | z-Ahelan | v-tell
How does Ahelan tell it? (like what?)
3. yel el bur zodozel vezuvel.
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y-question | [at | b-wh-else] | z-dog | v-sleep
Where else does the dog sleep?
Pick one
1. When does Azozon walk? yel har zazozon vowurol. or yel el bar zazozon vowurol.
Show answer
yel har zazozon vowurol.
y-question | h-when | z-Azozon | v-walk
har asks when?; el bar asks where?
Fix it
1. Where does Alazun sleep? yol bar zalazun vezuvel.
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yel el bar zalazun vezuvel.
y-question | [at | b-wh] | z-Alazun | v-sleep
Where? needs the place hook before the blank; a bare bar is not where?