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Lesson 12A1

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

Polish

Dlaczego nie idziesz? Bo jestem zmęczony.

Telugu

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

Polish

Czy mówisz po polsku?

Telugu

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

ktoktoh
Telugu
ఎవరుevaru
English
who
cotsoh
Telugu
ఏమిటిemiti
English
what
gdziegjeh
Telugu
ఎక్కడekkada
English
where
kiedyKYEH-dih
Telugu
ఎప్పుడుeppudu
English
when
dlaczegodlah-CHEH-goh
Telugu
ఎందుకుenduku
English
why
jakyahk
Telugu
ఎలాelaa
English
how
ileEE-leh
Telugu
ఎంతenta
English
how much / how many
któryKTOO-rih
Telugu
ఏదిedi
English
which
Kto to jest?ktoh toh yest
Telugu
ఇతను ఎవరు?itanu evaru?
English
Who is this?
Gdzie mieszkasz?gjeh MYESH-kahsh
Telugu
నువ్వు ఎక్కడ ఉంటావు?nuvvu ekkada untaavu?
English
Where do you live?
Ile to kosztuje?EE-leh toh kosh-TOO-yeh
Telugu
దీని ధర ఎంత?deeni dhara enta?
English
How much does it cost?
boboh
Telugu
ఎందుకంటేendukante
English
because