Syntax
lE is the ending to questions that demand more than a yes or no in the answers. When lE is preceded by Ba, BalE means "what."
| noun | BalE |
| what |
| What is noun? |
df BalE" What is this?
nMpft\ 1 BalE" What is the No.1?
A noun appears in between Ba and lE .
| Ba | noun | lE |
| question prefix | noun | question ending |
| What noun is (it)? |
df BaNuic\cM lE" What country is this?
rHc\ BalUmjio;lE" What nationality are you?
A verb appears in between Ba and lE .
| Ba | verb | m | lE |
| question prefix | verb particle (future) | question ending |
| What will (someone) verb? |
Kc\bja; Basa;mlE" What will you eat?
dIen> RHc\ Baeqak\mlE" What will you drink today?
Note: m is a verb paricle for future tense that can be found in the questions that end with la; or lE.
Noun comes first when both noun and verb appear in BalE "what" questions.
| Ba | noun | verb | m | lE |
| question prefix | verb particle | question ending |
| What noun will (someone) verb? |
qU BasaAup\ Pt\mlE" What book wll he read?
Kc\bja; BasaAup\ wy\Kjc\qlE" What pants do you want to buy?
nE> "with" is a postposition that follows a noun.
| Ba | noun | nE> | verb | m | lE |
| question prefix | noun | with | verb | verb particle | question ending |
| What noun will (someone) verb with? |
qU BaAqa;nE> sa;mlE" What meat will he eat with?
Kc\bja; Bahc\;nE> sa;mlE" What curry will you eat with?
my\ is a positive sentence ending for future tense.
| noun | verb | my\ |
| noun | verb | sentence ending (future) |
| noun will verb |
kYn\eta\ sa;my\" I will eat.
qU lamy\" He will come.