Question Words
Ramphlang, Meghalaya
What – Kaei, Aiu
What’s your name?
-
Kaei ka
kyrteng jong phi?
-
Phi
kyrteng aiu?
What are you doing?
- Kaei phi dang lĕh? (Although it is correct to say this but it’s not commonly used.)
- Phi lĕh aiu? (This sentence is commonly used.)
What do you do?
- Kaei ka kam kaba phi trei? (Not so commonly used)
- Phi treikam kam aiu? (Commonly used)
Where – Shaei (to what
place)
Where are you going?
-
Phin leit
shaei?
Where is this bus going?
- Shaei kan leit kane ka bus?
Where – Haei (in what place)
Where did you keep the key?
-
Haei phi bŭh їa u shabi?
Where do you work?
-
Phi trei
haei?
Where – Naei (from
what place)
Where are you from?
-
Phi dei
shnong naei?
Where will I get money from?
- Naei ngan їŏh pisa?
Where – hangno (in
which location or point)
Where did you park the car?
-
Hangno phi
bŭh їa ka kali?
Where is your office located?
- Hangno ka don ka office jong phi?
Where – nangno (from
which location or point)
Where is it paining?
-
Nangno ka
pang?
From where do we have to enter?
-
Ngi hap
rung nangno?
When – mynno (past)
When did you come?
-
Phi wan
mynno?
When were you born?
-
Mynno la
kha їa phi?
When – lano (future)
When will you go?
-
Lano phin
leit?
When will you pay?
-
Lano phin
siew?
When – ha kano ka por
(at what time)
When do you wake up?
-
Ha kano ka
por phi ju khie thiăh?
Who – mano
Who are you?
-
Phi dei
mano?
Who will go?
- Mano ban leit?
Whom – їano (to whom)
To whom did you give the letter?
- Phi ai ka shithi їano?
To whom shall I speak?
- Ngan kren їano?
Whom – bad-no (with whom)
With whom will you go?
- Phin let bad-no?
With whom is she sitting?
- Ka shong bad-no?
Why – Balei
Why are you late?
-
Balei phi
slem?
Why didn’t you come?
-
Balei phi
khlem wan?
Why is there so much traffic?
-
Na ka daw
aiu ka dheng kali katne katne?
Which – uno {which
(male)}
Which one is your brother?
-
Uno u dei
you hynmen shynrang jong phi?
Which fruit is ripe?
- Uno u soh ba la ĭh? (Fruit is male considered a male gender in Khasi)
Which – kano {which
(female)}
Which girl did you talk to?
-
Kano ka
kynthei kaba phi kren?
Which car do you want to buy?
- Kano ka kali phi kwăh ban thied? (A car is considered a female gender in Khasi)
How – kumno (in what manner)
How did you come?
-
Phi wan
kumno?
How – katno tylli
(how many things)
How many boxes do you need?
-
Katno
tylli ki syndŭk phi donkam?
How – katno ngut (how
many people)
How many siblings do you have?
-
Katno ngŭt shipara phi їa don?
How – katno por (how long)
How long will it take?
-
Katno por
kan shim?
How – katno tyngka
(how much money)
How much is this phone?
-
Katno
tyngka kane ka phone?
How – ka jngai katno
(how far)
How far is it?
-
Ka jngai
katno nangne?
How – katno sngi (how
many days)
How many did you stay there?
-
Katno sngi
phi săh shata?
How – katno sien (how
many times/ how often)
How often do you go there?
-
Katno sien
phi ju leit shata?
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