Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench: Difference between revisions

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*''Pið Davíð ław šun, u mul bø hapuð uras.'' = When David goes to sleep, he doesn't turn off the lights.

Yes-no questions are marked by a change of intonation, using the focus particle ''=nr'' (cognate to Hebrew נא) after the word/phrase whose truth value is asked about, and dropping ''re'' in sentences with a nominal subject. ''Nr'' appears sentence-finally in sentences with no finite verb, and after the finite verb if there is one.

Yes-no questions are marked by a change of intonation, using the focus particle ''=nr'' (cognate to Hebrew נא) after the word/phrase whose truth value is asked about, and dropping ''re'' in sentences with a nominal subject. In sentences without a specific focused constituent, ''nr'' appears sentence-finally in sentences with no finite verb, and after the finite verb if there is one.

* ''Davíð ław šun nr?'' = Is David going to bed? (neutral)

* ''Davíð nr ław šun?'' = Is it David who's going to bed?

* ''Fows nr ta [nexú] Marija amž?'' = Did you marry Maria yesterday?

* ''Fows ta nr [nexú] Marija amž?'' = Is it you who married Maria yesterday?

''kaht'' 'to take' is used as an auxiliary meaning 'to go ahead and VERB'.

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 *''Pið Davíð ław šun, u mul bø hapuð uras.'' = When David goes to sleep, he doesn't turn off the lights.
-Yes-no questions are marked by a change of intonation, using the focus particle ''=nr'' (cognate to Hebrew נא) after the word/phrase whose truth value is asked about, and dropping ''re'' in sentences with a nominal subject. ''Nr'' appears sentence-finally in sentences with no finite verb, and after the finite verb if there is one.
+Yes-no questions are marked by a change of intonation, using the focus particle ''=nr'' (cognate to Hebrew נא) after the word/phrase whose truth value is asked about, and dropping ''re'' in sentences with a nominal subject. In sentences without a specific focused constituent, ''nr'' appears sentence-finally in sentences with no finite verb, and after the finite verb if there is one.
 * ''Davíð ław šun nr?'' = Is David going to bed? (neutral)
 * ''Davíð nr ław šun?'' = Is it David who's going to bed?
+* ''Fows nr ta [nexú] Marija amž?'' = Did you marry Maria yesterday?
+* ''Fows ta nr [nexú] Marija amž?'' = Is it you who married Maria yesterday?
 ''kaht'' 'to take' is used as an auxiliary meaning 'to go ahead and VERB'.