Questions

General (yes/no) questions

General questions in Quertílian are formed with the irregular auxiliary question verb li'elé. The main verb is in a dependent infinitive.

Inthéra li'elé ne Querítel? Do you work in Querítel?

Síéra li'elirthu iertent alas? Do they have enough money?

The past, future and conditional are marked on the question verb:

Iqiéra sem li'eleiu o ungt noiw. Did he get my letter?

Inthéra ol li'eleiu ne Querítel? Will he work in Querítel?

Li'elaio aili'éra o qe? Would he love me?

If the verb elé is the main verb of the clause with existencial or copula meaning, and in the passive voice, li'elé is used directly in the place of elé.

Oriaw li'em te iertha thri? Is your house big?

Timé li'em aidé? Is there someone there?

Qethueiza li'elé? Are you ready?

Isotheiza li'ema qu'as. Is she healed now?

Li'eleiu ol ngotheiza? Will I be punished?

Li'elaio olem aileiza? Would he be loved?

Please note the word order in a question is the same as in a normal sentence.

Answers to general questions

The most used answers to general questions in Quertílian are:

• arí - yes

• parh - no

• ralqe - that's true

• nami - that's false

Special questions

Special questions are formed by using interrogative anaphora (sa-). The anaphora don't need to be fronted (if they have an article, they cannot be fronted)?

Saie inthen? Where do you work?

Lémiaseiu síé o sadé? Whom/What did you see?

Salhít síé o sitent? How many books do you have?

Saiang flemen o qi? Why do you scream at me?

Wé elten o sadé? What do you search.

Tag questions

Tag questions are used to ask for confirmation, as English "isn't it?", "hasn't it", etc.

In Quertílian, tag questions are formed using the question verb li'elé and the anaphora amiol, forming amiol li'em (which doesn't change for person). Also accepted is the short version amiolem.

Wé paiern ne Querítel, amiol li'em? You live in Querítel, don't you?

Wé lémiasen o andé, amiolem? You did see him, didn't you?