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The following interlinear glossed text data was extracted from a document found on the World Wide Web via a semi-automated process. The data presented here could contain corruption (degraded or missing characters), so the source document (link below) should be consulted to ensure accuracy. If you use any of the data shown here for research purposes, be sure to cite ODIN and the source document. Please use the following citation record or variant thereof:

Veneeta Dayal (2003). MULTIPLE WH QUESTIONS (SynCom #66).

URL: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dayal/mul-wh.pdf

(Last accessed 2009-07-23).

ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2058&langcode=hin (2021-05-25).

 

Example #1:

    25a. Who wonders when Mary will come?
    b. ravi kyaa soctaa hai, ki Meri kab aayegii
    Ravi what thinks      that Mary when will come                                Hi
Example #2:

    105a. jaun jaantaa hai ki meri-ne kyaa khariidaa
    John knows        that Mary what bought
    "What does John know that Mary bought?"                        unavailable
Example #3:

    b. *jaun-ne vo kitaab khariidii jo kis-ne likhii
    John that book bought that who wrote
    "For which x, did John buy the book x wrote?"
Example #4:

    c.   john-ne kis-kii likhii kitaab khariidii
    John whose written book bought
    "For which x, did John buy the book x wrote?"
Example #5:

    b. kaun jaantaa hai ki meri-ne kahaaN kyaa khariidaa
    who knows       that Mary where what bought
    "Who knows where Mary bought what?"