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As a Telugu language teacher with over 20 years of experience, I am excited to help you learn how to form questions in Telugu using interrogative words and proper sentence structure. This lesson will help you ask questions and gather information in Telugu.

Finish this lesson and explore these related pages: Plurals & Nouns.

Interrogative Words in Telugu

To form a question in Telugu, you need to use interrogative words. Below are some common interrogative words used in Telugu:

ఎవరు (Evaru) - Who
ఏది (Edi) - What
ఎక్కడ (Ekkada) - Where
ఎలా (Elā) - How
ఎన్ని (Enni) - How many
ఎందుకు (Enduku) - Why
ఎప్పుడు (Eppudu) - When

Question Formation in Telugu

In Telugu, to form a question, we usually need to switch the positions of the subject and the verb. Here is an example:

Statement: నాన్న విద్యార్ధిని నవ్వుతున్నాడు (Nānnā vidyārdhini navvutunnādu) - My father is making my student laugh.
Question: నవ్వుతున్నాడు నాన్న విద్యార్ధిని? (Navvutunnādu nānnā vidyārdhini?) - Is my father making my student laugh?

As you can see, we switched the positions of the subject (నాన్న) and the verb (నవ్వుతున్నాడు) to form a question. We also added a question mark at the end to indicate that it is a question.

Here is another example:

Statement: నేను రైతులను కలుపుతున్నాను (Nēnu raitulanu kaluputunnānu) - I am gathering farmers.
Question: నేను యారను కలుపుతున్నాను? (Nēnu yāranu kaluputunnānu?) - Who am I gathering?

In this example, we used the interrogative word "యారు (Yāru)" which means "who".

Word Order in Question Formation

In Telugu, the word order of a question is slightly different from a statement. Here's how the word order works in Telugu questions:

1. Interrogative word 2. Auxiliary verb (if applicable) 3. Subject 4. Main verb 5. Object (optional)

Let's look at an example to understand this better:

Statement: కార్ స్నేహితుడు ఒక చిన్న కార్ క్రొత్త కార్ కొన్నాడు (Kār snēhituḍu oka chinnā kār krōtha kār konnaḍu) - A car friend bought a new car.
Question: ఎవరు ఒక చిన్న కార్ క్రొత్త కార్ కొన్నాడు? (Evaru oka chinnā kār krōtha kār konnaḍu?) - Who bought a new car?

As you can see, we started the question with the interrogative word "ఎవరు (Evaru)" followed by the auxiliary verb "కొన్నాడు (Konnaḍu)" which means "bought". We then included the subject "ఒక చిన్న కార్ (Oka chinnā kār)" which means "a new car".

Practice Exercise

Now that you've learned how to form questions in Telugu, it's time to practice. Use the following prompts to form questions in Telugu:

Statement: నేను ఆహారం తింటున్నాను (Nēnu āhāram tiṇṭunnānu) - I am eating food.
Question: ___________________________

Statement: మీరు ఎక్కడ ఉన్నారు? (Mīru ekkada unnāru?) - Where are you?
Question: ___________________________

Statement: నీ మొబైల్ టెల్లనిరిపోయింది (Nī mobail ṭellaniripōyindi) - Your phone is switched off.
Question: ___________________________

Here are the answers:

Statement: ఏది తిన్నావు? (Edi tinnāvu?) - What are you eating?
Statement: మీరు ఎక్కడ ఉన్నారు? (Mīru ekkada unnāru?) - Where are you?
Statement: నీ మొబైల్ టెల్లనిరిపోయింది? (Nī mobail ṭellaniripōyindi?) - Is your phone switched off?

Conclusion

Congratulations on completing this lesson on question formation in Telugu! You are now one step closer to becoming proficient in Telugu. Remember to practice forming questions using interrogative words and proper sentence structure to master this skill. I hope this lesson was helpful and informative. See you in the next one!

Impressive work on finishing this lesson! Explore these additional pages to enhance your understanding: Future Tense & Negation.

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 In this example, we used the interrogative word "యారు (Yāru)" which means "who".
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 In Telugu, the word order of a question is slightly different from a statement. Here's how the word order works in Telugu questions:
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 As you can see, we started the question with the interrogative word "ఎవరు (Evaru)" followed by the auxiliary verb "కొన్నాడు (Konnaḍu)" which means "bought". We then included the subject "ఒక చిన్న కార్ (Oka chinnā kār)" which means "a new car".
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 Now that you've learned how to form questions in Telugu, it's time to practice. Use the following prompts to form questions in Telugu:
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 Congratulations on completing this lesson on question formation in Telugu! You are now one step closer to becoming proficient in Telugu. Remember to practice forming questions using interrogative words and proper sentence structure to master this skill. I hope this lesson was helpful and informative. See you in the next one!
+<span link>Impressive work on finishing this lesson! Explore these additional pages to enhance your understanding: [[Language/Telugu/Grammar/Future-Tense|Future Tense]] & [[Language/Telugu/Grammar/Negation|Negation]].</span>
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