entu (what), āru (who), eviṭe (where), eppōḷ (when), eṅṅane (how), entukoṇṭu (why).
I can ask wh-questions and form yes/no questions with -ō.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
ഇത് എന്താണ്?
What is this?
കട എവിടെ ആണ്?
Where is the shop?
സുഖമാണോ?
Are you well?
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
എന്ത് (what), ആര് (who), എവിടെ (where), എപ്പോൾ (when), എങ്ങനെ (how), എന്തുകൊണ്ട് (why). The word slots into the sentence without changing the order.
Yes/no questions add the suffix -ഓ: sukhamāṇu (fine) → sukhamāṇō? (are you fine?).
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesForgetting the -ō suffix on yes/no questions. Reordering the sentence for questions - never needed.
Missing -ō or reordered questions
Convert statements to questions by adding -ō.
ഇത് എന്താണ്?
What is this?
entu + āṇu fuse into entāṇu.
കട എവിടെ ആണ്?
Where is the shop?
eviṭe = where; order stays SOV.
സുഖമാണോ?
Are you well?
The -ō suffix turns a statement into a question.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises