Datapoint Seychelles Creole/Interrogative pronouns

'Who' can be rendered by lekel ki or by the compound expression ki sennla ki.
'Why' is akoz ki: Akoz ki zot ti kontan dans sa kalite danse? (Michaelis 1994: 182) [why SUBORD 2PL PST glad dance DEM kind dance] 'Why were you glad to dance this kind of dance?'

Values

Two compound expressions

Example 56-45:
Ki mannyer zot ti organiz zot pour danse?
Ki
which
mannyer
manner
zot
2pl
ti
pst
organiz
organize
zot
2pl
pour
for
danse?
dance
How did you organize yourselves in order to dance?

Source: Michaelis 1994: 182

Example 56-46:
Lekel ki ti vini?
Lekel
who
ki
rel
ti
pst
vini?
come
Who came?
Example 56-47:
Be aktyelman kote ou ti ne ou la?
Be
but
aktyelman
actually
kote
where
ou
2sg
ti
pst
ne
born
ou
2sg
la?
here
But actually, where were you born?

Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 168

Example 56-48:
Be kan ti konstri sa?
Be
but
kan
when
ti
pst
konstri
build
sa?
this
But when did one/they build this?

Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 168

Example 56-49:
Ki sennla ki ti vini?
Ki
which
sennla
person
ki
rel
ti
pst
vini?
come
Who came?
Confidence:
Certain