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adjectives and adverbs. Wh-questions have the same word order as of the declarative
sentences with the interrogative words के /ke/ or कौन /kɔn/ 'who', के के /ke ke/ or केकरा

के /kekrɑ ke/ 'whom', का /kɑ/ or कथी /kʌtʰi/ 'what or which', केकर /kekʌr/ or ;कनकर

/kinkʌr/ 'whose', कतेक /kʌtek/ or केतना /ketnɑ/ 'how much/many', कै /kɛ/ 'how many',

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कब /kʌb/ or किहआ /kʌɦiɑ/ 'when', कहाँ /kʌɦɑ/ or केने /kene/ 'where', कइसन /kʌisʌn/
'how' and काहे /kɑɦe/ 'why'. Multiple wh-questions are formed with the help of
different wh-questions placed in the same proposition. Imperative constructions are

made by bare verb stem suffixed by -ओ /-o/ or -ए /-e/ in non-honorific, by -आ /-ɑ/

final stem remaining the same and other stems suffixed by -अ /-ʌ/ in mid-honorific

and by -G /-ĩ/ for full honorific environments. The hortative construction almost
remains the same as full honorific environment of the imperative one. Reflexive,

reciprocals, insertion of dative, benefactive or associative arguments and passive
voice are used in de-transitive voices.

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