Example 41-155

kii jafaya falaa saba eli?
kii
what
jaa-faya
pst-do
falaa
quot
saba
know
eli?
3sg.m
Does he know what he did?
Comment:
This is a polar question: The question word kii remains in the embedded clause (i.e. the meaning is NOT 'What do you know he did?')
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 5312