Question Words
ప్రశ్నా పదాలు
Polish question words work much like their Telugu counterparts, and there's a handy little word that flags a yes/no question upfront — though it works differently from how Telugu marks one.
Grammar Comparison
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
dlaczego Needs Its Own Answer Word — Same as Telugu's ఎందుకు/ఎందుకంటే
Dlaczego nie idziesz? Bo jestem zmęczony.
ఎందుకు వెళ్ళడం లేదు? ఎందుకంటే నేను అలసిపోయాను.
Telugu keeps 'why' and 'because' as separate words — ఎందుకు (why) and ఎందుకంటే (because) never substitute for each other. Polish does the same: dlaczego means only 'why', and bo (or the slightly more formal ponieważ) means only 'because'. You always need both words in both languages — you can't answer a dlaczego question by echoing dlaczego back.
czy Flags a Yes/No Question Upfront — Telugu Marks It on the Verb Instead
Czy mówisz po polsku?
నువ్వు పోలిష్ మాట్లాడతావా?
Telugu signals a yes/no question by attaching -ా to the end of the word being questioned — మాట్లాడతావా is 'will-you-speak' plus that question suffix. Polish signals the same kind of question differently: placing czy at the very start of the sentence does the job instead, without changing the word order that follows — Czy mówisz po polsku? is literally '[question marker] you-speak in-Polish?'. Both languages grammatically mark a yes/no question rather than relying only on rising intonation — they just mark it in opposite positions, Telugu at the end of a word, Polish at the start of the sentence. czy is optional in casual Polish speech (rising intonation alone can do the job), but very common in writing and careful speech.
Vocabulary
పదజాలం
- Telugu
- ఎవరుevaru
- English
- who
- Telugu
- ఏమిటిemiti
- English
- what
- Telugu
- ఎక్కడekkada
- English
- where
- Telugu
- ఎప్పుడుeppudu
- English
- when
- Telugu
- ఎందుకుenduku
- English
- why
- Telugu
- ఎలాelaa
- English
- how
- Telugu
- ఎంతenta
- English
- how much / how many
- Telugu
- ఏదిedi
- English
- which
- Telugu
- ఇతను ఎవరు?itanu evaru?
- English
- Who is this?
- Telugu
- నువ్వు ఎక్కడ ఉంటావు?nuvvu ekkada untaavu?
- English
- Where do you live?
- Telugu
- దీని ధర ఎంత?deeni dhara enta?
- English
- How much does it cost?
- Telugu
- ఎందుకంటేendukante
- English
- because