How to ask a question with Adverbs & Indeclinable
How to ask a question with Adverbs & Indeclinable¶
| api | have? did? |
| api nu | (marks a yes/no question) is it? did? would? |
| nu | (adds a question mark) |
| kahaṃ katama |
where? what?; which? |
| kasmā | why? |
| kathaṃ | how? |
| kiṃ | who? what? which? why? |
| kiñca (kiṃ + ca) | and what? but why? etc |
| kinti | how? in what way? |
| kīva | how far? how much? |
| kuhiṃ | where? |
| kuvaṃ | where? |
kathaṃ nu tvaṃ, mārisa, oghaṃ atari? (SN1.1)
But how, dear sir, did you cross the flood?