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For interrogative pronouns, see [[Qino#Interrogative_Pronouns|Interrogative Pronouns]].

*''ma'' = question particle

**Can occur before focused nouns to put emphasis on them - e.g. ''Ma sháraa tarkee?'' "Was it ''a dog'' that you saw?"

**Can occur before unfocused nouns, roughly meaning "which" - e.g. ''ma shara tarkee?'' "which dog did you see?"

**Can occur before unfocused nouns, roughly meaning "which" - e.g. ''Ma shara ~~tarke~~?'' "~~Which~~ dog did you see?"

**Can occur before affirmative verbs to make yes/no questions (negative verbs which already have the negative particle ''ma'' do not use it). This particle is not obligatory and can be ommitted - e.g. ''(ma) caamtee?'' "did you eat?" (optional question particle); ''ma caamintee?'' "did you not eat?" (no question particle due to presence of negative particle)

**Can occur before affirmative verbs to make yes/no questions (negative verbs which already have the negative particle ''ma'' do not use it) - e.g. ''~~Ma ka tarkee~~?'' "~~Did~~ you ~~see it~~?"; ''~~Ma ka tarkinee~~?'' "~~Did~~ you not ~~see~~ it?"

*''-me'' = interrogative focus particle

**Can occur after nouns to place emphasis on them - e.g. ''shárame tarke?'' "was it ''a dog'' that you saw?"

*''mee'' (<''ma + e'') = interrogative particle

**Can occur sentence-finally to convert a statement into a question (kind of like a tag question) - e.g. ''caamte mee?'' "you ate, right?"; ''ma caaminte mee?'' "you didn't eat, right?"

==Syntax==

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 For interrogative pronouns, see [[Qino#Interrogative_Pronouns|Interrogative Pronouns]].
 *''ma'' = question particle
-**Can occur before focused nouns to put emphasis on them - e.g. ''Ma sháraa tarkee?'' "Was it ''a dog'' that you saw?"
+**Can occur before unfocused nouns, roughly meaning "which" - e.g. ''ma shara tarkee?'' "which dog did you see?"
-**Can occur before unfocused nouns, roughly meaning "which" - e.g. ''Ma shara tarke?'' "Which dog did you see?"
+**Can occur before affirmative verbs to make yes/no questions (negative verbs which already have the negative particle ''ma'' do not use it). This particle is not obligatory and can be ommitted - e.g. ''(ma) caamtee?'' "did you eat?" (optional question particle); ''ma caamintee?'' "did you not eat?" (no question particle due to presence of negative particle)
-**Can occur before affirmative verbs to make yes/no questions (negative verbs which already have the negative particle ''ma'' do not use it) - e.g. ''Ma ka tarkee?'' "Did you see it?"; ''Ma ka tarkinee?'' "Did you not see it?"
+*''-me'' = interrogative focus particle
+**Can occur after nouns to place emphasis on them - e.g. ''shárame tarke?'' "was it ''a dog'' that you saw?"
+*''mee'' (<''ma + e'') = interrogative particle
+**Can occur sentence-finally to convert a statement into a question (kind of like a tag question) - e.g. ''caamte mee?'' "you ate, right?"; ''ma caaminte mee?'' "you didn't eat, right?"
 ==Syntax==