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Re: [ceqli] Re: What

In a message dated 8/19/2007 9:53:43 AM Central Daylight Time, rmay@hidden.email writes:


Russian has two sets, interrogative and relative, and I frankly can't remember how they're
used in a case like this.


Russian has only one set, just like English.
chto, what
kto/kogo, who/whom
kogda, when
gde/kuda, where (gde=location, kuda=motion)
kak, how
pochemu/zachem, why

I've heard that Finnish has two, but looking in a dictionary I find this (Q=interrogative, R=relative):
who: Q kuka, R joka
why: Q miksi, R miksi
what: Q mikä, mitä, R mikä, mitä
when: Q milloin, koska, R jolloin
where: Q missä, mihin, R missä, jossa
how: Q kuinka, miten, R miten

stevo