Question Words
ಪ್ರಶ್ನಾ ಪದಗಳು
Each German question word maps neatly onto a Kannada counterpart — but German always drags the question word to the very front of the sentence, while Kannada usually leaves it sitting right where the answer word would go.
Grammar Comparison
ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ
Fronting vs. in-situ
Wo wohnst du? (Where do you live? — wo must come first)
ನೀನು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೀಯಾ? (you where live — ಎಲ್ಲಿ sits in its natural adverb slot, not forced forward)
Kannada question words stay exactly where the answer word would go in the sentence — ಎಲ್ಲಿ sits in the same spot ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ('at home') would occupy in a reply. German always promotes the question word to position one, ahead of the verb, which then must land in position two, following the verb-second rule. When forming a German question, build the habit: question word first, verb immediately after — no exceptions, even though Kannada never forces this.
Vocabulary
ಪದಗಳು
- Kannada
- ಏನುenu
- English
- what
- Kannada
- ಯಾರುyaaru
- English
- who
- Kannada
- ಎಲ್ಲಿelli
- English
- where
- Kannada
- ಯಾವಾಗyaavaaga
- English
- when
- Kannada
- ಏಕೆeke
- English
- why
- Kannada
- ಹೇಗೆhege
- English
- how
- Kannada
- ಯಾವyaava
- English
- which
- Kannada
- ಎಷ್ಟುeshtu
- English
- how much