Question words
The interrogatives. A question built around one of these does not take the question particle -mı — the word itself carries the question.
Who
- kim whool kimdi? — who is that?
What
- ne whatbu nedi? — what is this?
When
- qaçan whenqaçan kelirse? — when will you come?
Where
- qayda wheresen qaydasa? — where are you?
- qalayda where (in what place)
- qayrı where tosen qayrı barasa? — where are you going?
- qaydan where fromsen qaydan kelese? — where are you coming from?
Why
How
- qalay howqalaysa? — how are you?
Which, what kind
How many, how much
- nença how many (countable)nença adam bardı? — how many people are there?
- qallay bir how much (measured)qallay bir açha — how much money
The everyday where is qayda; qalayda asks it more literally, in what place. Direction has its own words: qayrı for where to and qaydan for where from. Both nek and nege ask why, and nek is the usual one.
Who, what and which
One
| Case | kimwho? | newhat? | qaysıwhich? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kimwho? | newhat? | qaysıwhich? |
| Genitive | kimniwhose? | neniof what? | qaysınıof which? |
| Accusative | kimniwhom? (as the object) | neniwhat? (as the object) | qaysınwhich? (as the object) |
| Dative | kimgeto whom? | negeto what? what for? | qaysına / qaysığato which? |
| Locative | kimdewith whom? at whose? | nedein what? | qaysındain which? |
| Ablative | kimdenfrom whom? | nedenfrom what? | qaysından / qaysıdanfrom which? |
Several
| Case | kimwho? | newhat? | qaysıwhich? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kimlewho? (several people) | nelewhat? (several things) | qaysılawhich ones? |
| Genitive | kimleniwhose? (of several people) | neleniof what things? | qaysılanıof which ones? |
| Accusative | kimleniwhom? (several, as the object) | neleniwhat things? (as the object) | qaysılanıwhich ones? (as the object) |
| Dative | kimlegeto whom? (several) | nelegeto what things? | qaysılağato which ones? |
| Locative | kimledewith whom? (several) | neledein what things? | qaysıladain which ones? |
| Ablative | kimledenfrom whom? (several) | neledenfrom what things? | qaysıladanfrom which ones? |
Whose it is: who, what and which
One thing
| Case | kimnikiwhose | nenikiwhat's | qaysınıqıwhich one's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kimnikiwhose | nenikiwhat's | qaysınıqıwhich one's |
| Genitive | kimnikiniof whose | nenikiniof what's | qaysınıqınıof which one's |
| Accusative | kimnikinwhose (as the object) | nenikinwhat's (as the object) | qaysınıqınwhich one's (as the object) |
| Dative | kimnikineto whose | nenikineto what's | qaysınıqınato which one's |
| Locative | kimnikindein / at whose | nenikindein / at what's | qaysınıqındain / at which one's |
| Ablative | kimnikindenfrom whose | nenikindenfrom what's | qaysınıqındanfrom which one's |
Several things
| Case | kimnikiwhose | nenikiwhat's | qaysınıqıwhich one's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kimnikileseveral of whose | nenikileseveral of what's | qaysınıqılaseveral of which one's |
| Genitive | kimnikileniof several of whose | nenikileniof several of what's | qaysınıqılanıof several of which one's |
| Accusative | kimnikileniseveral of whose (as the object) | nenikileniseveral of what's (as the object) | qaysınıqılanıseveral of which one's (as the object) |
| Dative | kimnikilegeto several of whose | nenikilegeto several of what's | qaysınıqılağato several of which one's |
| Locative | kimnikiledein / at several of whose | nenikiledein / at several of what's | qaysınıqıladain / at several of which one's |
| Ablative | kimnikiledenfrom several of whose | nenikiledenfrom several of what's | qaysınıqıladanfrom several of which one's |