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Interrogative mode
This is used to ask a question. The suffix –o is placed at the end of a phrase. It usually changes the last vowel in the phrase to an o.
You killed him. — yagidéewa or yagdéewa /ya-gidée-wa/
Did you kill him? — yagidéewo or yagdéewo /ya-gidée-wa-o/
You are killing him. — yagideoñwa or yagdeoñwa /ya-gidée-óoñ-wa/
Are you killing him? — yagideoñwo or yagdeoñwo /ya-gidée-óoñ-wa-o/
You will kill him. — yagidéeda or yagdéeda /ya-gidée-dE/
Will you kill him? — yagidéedo or yagdéedo /ya-gidée-dE-o/
You speak. — oyagilaaga or oyaglaaga /o-ya-giláagE/
Do you speak? — oyagilaago or oyaglaago /o-ya-giláagE-o/
Question words
Who, what, where, how, etc are called interrogative pronouns. They are placed at the beginning of a phrase. The interrogative mode –o is usually placed at the end of the phrase to indicate a question is being asked. Remember that the suffix –wa (real aspect) refers to an activity that is real to the speaker, something that has or is happening.
How many — dokéenañ
How many? — dokéenañwo /dokéenañ-wa-o/
How many houses? — dokéenañ atíiwo / dokéenañ atíi wa-o/
How much — doke nañdakikawa
How much? — doke nañdakikawo /doke nañdakikawa-o/
How, which — dokée
How tall? — doké nañnañhewo /doké nañnañhe-wa-o/
What — aakañ, kakañ
What is it? — kakañwa /kakañ-wa/ or kakañwo /kakañ-wa-o/
This is the only example of an interrogative pronoun being used a verb in Oliverio, but the others can probably be used as verbs too.
When — dokéenaax
When is he going? — dokéenaax aléewo /dokéenaax aléE-wa-o/
Where — dóokaa
Where is the house? — dóokaa atíiwo /dóokaa atíi-wa-o/
Where is the axe? — dóokaa hiséepi
Where is he going? — dóokaa aléewo /dóokaa aléE-wa-o/
Where do you live? — dóokaa yatíiwo /dóokaa ya-tíi-wa-o/
Which — eetuk, dókaxéto
Which is it? — dókaxétowo /dókaxéto-wa-o/
Which house? — dókaxéto atíiwo /dókaxéto-atíi-wa-o/
Eetuk could mean ‘which way’.
Who — heedoowaa, kedoowa
Who is going? — heedoowaa aléewo or kedoowa aléewo /kedoowa aléE-wa-o/
Whose — tewa
Whose is it? — tewa gíidoñwa or tewa gíidoñwo /tewa gíidoñ-wa-o/
Whose house is it? — tewa atíi giidoñwo /tewa atíi giidoñ-wa-o/
Tewa is always used with the verb gíidoñ, ‘to belong, be one’s own’.
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