Interrogative Pronouns are the “who? what? when? where? why? how?” questions you may have learned at school. Interrogative Pronouns are essnetially the thing we are asking about.
Chinese Interrogative Pronouns are:
| Chinese Interrogative Pronoun | English Interrogative Pronoun |
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What? |
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Which? |
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Which (Plural)? |
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Who? |
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Whose? |
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When? |
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Where? |
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Why? |
With interrogative pronouns, the word order between the question and statement does not change, here are examples of each of the above pronouns
| Question | Answer |
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| “what is this?” Literally: “this is what?” |
“this is my stuff.” |
| “which kind do you like?” Literally: “you like which kind?” |
“I like this kind.” |
| “which kinds do you like?” Literally: “you like which kinds？“ |
“I like these kinds.” |
| “who is he?” Literally: “he is who?” |
“He is my teacher.” |
| “this is whose?” Literally: “this is whose?” |
“this is mine.” |
| “when did he go?” Literally: “he when went?” |
“he went at 3pm.” Literally: “he yesterday went.” |
| “where are you?” Literally: “you located where?” |
“I’m at home.” |
| “why did you go?” Literally: “you why went?” |
“I like to go.” |