Extended question words: ืืื, ืืืื/ืืืื, ืฉื ืื, ืขื ืื, ืืื
Can form questions using ืืื, ืืืื/ืืืื, ืฉื ืื, ืขื ืื, and ืืื
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ืืื ืขืืื ืืืจืืืก?
How much does the ticket cost?
ืืืื ืขืืจ ืืช ืืขืืืคื?
Which city do you (f.) prefer?
ืฉื ืื ืืืคืชืืืช ืืืื?
Whose are these keys?
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
ืืืืืช ืฉืืื ื ืืกืคืืช ื-A1:
| ืืืืช ืฉืืื | ืืฉืืขืืช | ืืืืื |
|---|---|---|
| ืืื | how much / how many | ืืื ืื ืขืืื? |
| ืืืื (m.) / ืืืื (f.) | which | ืืืื ืกืคืจ? / ืืืื ืขืืจ? |
| ืฉื ืื | whose | ืฉื ืื ืื ืืกืคืจ? |
| ืขื ืื | with whom | ืขื ืื ืืชื ืื? |
| ืืื | why | ืืื ืืชื ืขืฆืื? |
ืฉืื ืื: ืืืื ืืืืจ, ืืืื ืื ืงืื โ ืืืื ืืืกืืื ืขื ืฉื ืืขืฆื!
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesUsing ืืืื for feminine nouns (should be ืืืื). Translating 'why' as *ืืืืข in casual speech (ืืื is the everyday word; ืืืืข is formal/literary). Confusing ืฉื ืื (whose) with ืื (who).
English speakers: no gender distinction for 'which' in English โ must remember ืืืื/ืืืื split. Ru/Cs speakers: gender-sensitive 'which' (ะบะฐะบะพะน/ะบะพัะพััะน) is familiar.
Used ืืืื with a feminine noun or ืืืื with a masculine noun
ืืืื agrees with masculine nouns, ืืืื with feminine nouns โ check noun gender first
Used wrong question word (e.g., ืื instead of ืฉื ืื for whose, or ืื instead of ืืื for why)
Review the question word table: ืฉื ืื=whose, ืขื ืื=with whom, ืืื=why, ืืื=how much/many
ืืื ืขืืื ืืืจืืืก?
How much does the ticket cost?
ืืื = how much/many. Works for both countable (ืืื ืืืืื?) and uncountable (ืืื ืืกืฃ?).
ืืืื ืขืืจ ืืช ืืขืืืคื?
Which city do you (f.) prefer?
ืขืืจ is feminine โ ืืืื (not ืืืื). Gender agreement is required for which/which.
ืฉื ืื ืืืคืชืืืช ืืืื?
Whose are these keys?
ืฉื ืื = whose (lit. of whom). ืืืคืชืืืช = the keys (m.pl. + ื).
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises