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Value Three compound expressions
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Parameter:
Interrogative pronouns
Examples
ki, ki senla, ki dimun
ki,
who
ki
which
senla,
who
ki
which
dimun
person
who, who, who
ki kote, kot, akot, (kote)
ki
which
kote,
side
kot,
where
akot,
where
(kote)
(where)
where
kaṅ zot ti revin Moris? (Zedi) — ki ler u ti sort lakaz? (Never par la)
kaṅ
when
zot
they
ti
pst
revin
come.back
Moris?
Mauritius
(Zedi)
(Thursday)
—
ki
what
ler
hour
u
2sg
ti
pst
sort
leave
lakaz?
house
(Never
(9.o'clock
par
by
la)
there)
When did they come back to Mauritius? (Thursday) — What time did you leave home? (About nine o'clock)
ki manyer so mama? kuma to ti kone kot mo reste?
ki
what
manyer
manner
so
3.
poss
mama?
mother
kuma
how
to
2sg
.
fam
ti
pst
kone
know
kot
where
mo
1sg
reste?
live
How is his mother? How did you know where I live?
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