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====Interrogative mood====
This mood is used to ask questions. Interrogative clauses are formed by appending the suffix -'''fi''' or-'''efi''' to a word such as -'''Memulfi''' (Do they eat? or Are they eating?). -fi basically functions like the Staynish words "which?" or "what?". Depending on what it's attached to, it will point to what the speaker is asking about.
The following examples are examples where the speaker already knowns about the object or subject of the question, but wants to receive confirmation for the question person to confirm this. In this case the fi will fall on the verb as follows:
* Non past perfect/non past habitual: Will you ask your friend what his plans are for the holidays? '''''Duqeerfi''' musol adu welexan adhun weleyamdan?''
* Past perfective: Have the soldiers returned from their campaign? ''Mesuldat menahedfi'''m''' welukhravan aishne?''
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* Past habitual: Did you often find yourself wondering what your purpose is? ''Dulaktchasfi'''d''' tafkirus lutsiha adu?''
* Non past continuous: Will you see a lot of people walking on the street? ''Dunarafi'''l''' lumustaf leshabil lethaar welushari? ''
Fi can also be added at the end of placeholder nouns to point something unknown about which the speaker asking instead of the verb:
* How? e.g., ''Amhoud lutakhaalam min lutaraqfi'' (translation: How could Amhoud abandon me, literally: Amhoud had abandoned me for what reason?)
* When? e.g., ''Amhoud luyadhaab luqa weuma adhun khronfi?'' (translation: When did Amhoud leave his mother? Literally: Amhoud go away from mother his at what time?
* Where? e.g., ''Amhoud lufaykhalam lakhtfi?'' (translation: Where did Amhoud arrive?, literally: Amhoud had arrived at which time?) If the sentence had been ''Amhoud lufaykhalamfi?'' then the sentence would be: Did Amhoud arrive?
* Which? e.g., ''Amhoud luyamurul mejahdinfi?'' (translation: Which soldier is Amhoud commanding?, literally: Amhoud is commanding which officer?)
* Whose? e.g., ''Amhoud luabnefi?'' This sentence means Is Amhoud a son? But ''Amhoudfi luabne'' means Which Amhoud is a son? if you want to ask, Whose son is Amhoud, you need to be specific. For example: Of which woman is Amhoud the son of? ''Amhoud muabne anisafi?'' This is also an example of how the genitive case can act as an object in the sentence
* Why? e.g., ''Amhoud luyadhaabus weluqa yelusababfi?'' (translation: Why is Amhoud going there? literally: Amhoud is going there for what reason?)
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