GRAMMAR BASICS III – Question words, types of questions, list of wh-words and combinations and the word order of (object) questions.
Index
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Question words – Catalan – (Elementary)
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Types of questions (Elementary / Intermediate)
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List of wh-words and combinations (Intermediate)
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Word order of (object) questions (Elementary)
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QUESTION WORDS (Catalan) What? Què/ quin Which? Quin (elecció) Where? On Who? Qui When? Quan (temps) How? Com Why? Per què Whose? De qui WHAT + noun What kind of? What sort of?
Quin tipus de…
What type of? What colour? Quin color What time? Quina hora What … like? Com HOW + adjective/adverb How much? Quant/-a (quantitat, singular, incompt.) How many? Quants/-es (quantitat, plural, comptables) How long? Durant quant temps How old? Quina edat How far? Quina distància 2
TYPES OF QUESTIONS YES/NO QUESTIONS AUX+Subject+Verb…?
Do you like maths? Are you a hard-working student?
WH-QUESTIONS:
OBJECT Q. WH-word + AUX + S + V…? What did you do on Saturday night?
SUBJECT Q. Who/What/How many + V…? Who phoned? What happened? How many people attended the party?
LIST OF WH-WORDS AND COMBINATIONS What Whose How
Who When Why
Which Where
How + adjectives/adverbs How much (+ noun) (How much did you spend on clothes?) (How much water is left in the jug?)
How many + noun (How many brothers and sisters have you got?)
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How far
(How far is the post office?)
How long
(How long have you been to Portugal?)
How tall How old
(How tall are you?) (How old is your girlfriend?)
What + Noun Phrase
What kind of = what sort of = what type of...+ noun (What kind of music do you like?) What colour What time
Which + Noun Phrase
examples:
Which one do you prefer? Which colour is your favourite?
Whose + (Noun Phrase) examples: Whose car is that? Whose are those pencils? - Mine.
Prepositions are put at the end of questions
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Who did you go to the cinema with? What is that machine for? Who did you get that present from? Where are you from? What is the weather like?
Special cases -
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What does Núria look like? What is Núria like?
WORD ORDER OF (OBJECT) QUESTIONS
(QUESTION WORD) + AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + (VERB) + Complements
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What
´s
your name
?
Where
are
we
When
is
your birthday
?
How old
are
they
?
Who
is
your brother
?
Why
are
you
Have
you
Has
from
?
tired
?
got
a brother
?
she
got
a rubber
?
Can
you
play
basketball
?
Can
Mary
swim
?
Where
do
you
live
?
What time
does
the lesson
start
?
When
did
she
go
to Italy
?
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