Transcript Simple Questions(PowerPoint)

Simple questions
Ne is used to indicate a question
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The ne is usually the second word in
a sentence.
Why call them simple questions?
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The reason we call them simple
questions is that you can only get
basic yes or no responses. If a
person wants to tell more he or she
could but the question it set up for a
yes or no type response.
How do we ask questions with more depth?
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In a later lesson we will address how
to ask who,what,when,where
questions in more depth. We have
already had a few pop up in previous
lessons. They will be addressed in
depth in there own section.
Which word is the word are?
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Gmaji ne? Are you leaving?
Maji ne? Is she leaving?
Gmajimen ne? Are we all leaving?
The answer is none. When we
translate the word back into English
makes more sense to say are you
leaving instead of the literal you
leave question.
Examples
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Gbekte ne? Are you hungry?
Ggiwisen ne? Did you eat?
Migadik ne? Are they fighting?
Gdotmes ne? Are you busy?
Gdozhita ne? Are you ready?
Gwi tadi ne? Are you going to gamble?
Gpeknage ne? Are you winning?
More Examples
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Wabek ne gwi gwedemojge?
Are you going fishing tomorrow?
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Nago ne ngi mikchewi.
I worked yesterday.
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Nago ne gi giwe o kwe?
Did that woman go home yesterday?
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Gmajim ne ode jo pi.
Are you all leaving right now?
Final thoughts
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These type questions are simple enough
you should be able to start using them
right away with your AI verbs from
previous lesson. Just remember to put the
ne second in the sentence but don’t put it
between the pronoun and the verb.
So don’t say gwi ne maji? This would be
incorrect.