Omkar N.
Wakhlu & Bharat Wakhlu
NOTE: Click on any jpg image below to listen to the
audio clip.
Chapter 11
Questions & Answers
1. Are you
coming?
Will you come? |
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2. Are you
eating?
Do you
eat? |
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| 3. Are you
staying? |
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| 4. Are you
sleeping? |
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| 5. Do you wish
to sleep? |
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| 6. Are you
sleepy? |
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| 7. Do you get
sleep? |
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Notice the almost unnoticeable
differences in the Kashmiri sentences in examples (6) and (7). Now some examples
of aff.mp3ative sentences and answers or negative answers.
| 8. Yes, I am
coming. |
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| 9. Yes, I am
eating. |
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| 10. Yes, I am
staying. |
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| 11. Yes, I am
sleeping. |
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| 12. Yes, I
want to sleep. |
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| 13. Yes, I am
sleepy. |
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| 14. Yes, I do
get sleep. |
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Now see negative answers to
questions in examples (1) to (7) above. These are:
| 15. No, I am
not coming. |
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| 16. No, I am
not eating. |
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| 17. No, I am
not staying. |
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| 18. No, I am
not sleeping. |
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| 19. No, I am
not sleepy. |
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| 20. No, I do
not wish to sleep. |
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| 21. No, I
don't get sleep. |
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Remember that these f.mp3s of
yes, and no are used in masculine gender sentences. For the feminine gender the
f.mp3 changes as follows:
The above sentences would then
be as follows:
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(A woman being asked if
she will come)
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(Question addressed to a
female)
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Are
you eating? |
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(replying to a woman)
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Yes, I
am coming. |
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(replying to a woman)
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No, I
am not coming. |
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Notice also the change in the
inflenion of Verbs. 
Practice making short sentences on
the above lines and learn the correct sentences by heart. Practice above makes
for perfect sentence structure. Hear, repeat and write as many sentences of
common usage as you can lay your hands upon. Repetition of sentences is the
easiest route to learning a language quickly.
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