Short Questions and Answers
(Informal Khasi)
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In Khasi the sentence structures of questions and statement are exactly the same.
e.g. Are you a student? - Phi dei u khynnah-pule?
You are a student. - Phi dei u khynnah-pule.
Although the structures are the same, the intonation goes up for the question and it goes down for statements.
- Yes - Hooid(Ho-oid)
- No - Em
- Yes I am - Hooid.
- No I'm not - Em.
- Are you ok? - Phi biang em?
- Is it ok? - Ka long em?
- Yes, it is. - Hooid ka biang.
- Shano? - Where?
- Are you fine? - Phi khlaiñ em?
- Isn't it? - Ka dei em?
- That's right. - Ka dei.
- Shall we start? - Ngin sdang noh?
- Is it hot? - Ka shit?
- It's cold. - Ka khriat.
- Is it true? - Shisha sĕh?
- Is it so? - Kumta sĕh?
- It is true. - Shisha keiñ
- Yes it is so. - Hooid keiñ
- You too? - Phi ruh?
- Yes, me too. - Hooid nga ruh.
- Do you eat? - Phi ju bam?
- Yes I do. - Hooid.
- Does she go? - Ka ju leit?
- No she doesn't. - Em.
- Did you bring? - Phi la wanrah?
- Did you cook? - (Phi) La dep shet?
- You came? - Phi la wan?