Language/Turkmen/Grammar/Question-words

Question words Turkmen

	“who”	“what”	“how much”	“which”	“where”
Nominative	kim – who	name	näçe	haýsy	nire
Accusative	kimi – who	nämäni	näçeni	haýsyny	nireni
Genitive	kimiň – whose	nämeniň	näçeniň	haýsynyň	niräniň
Dative	kime – to whom	nämä	näçä	haýsyna	nirä
Locative/Time	kimde – who (has)	nämede	näçede	haýsynda	nirede
Ablative	kimden – from whom	nämeden	näçeden	haýsyndan	nireden

• Other question words: haçan (when).

Examples

NB none of these words can be used as complementizers, they are used only as question words.

*Kimiň telpegi geýýärsiň? – Whose hat are you wearing?

*Nirä barýarsyň? – Where are you heading?

*Sen nämeni aldyňmy?  - Did you buy that thing (what was it?).

*Sen nirede? – Where are you?

*Kimde çörek bar? – Who has some bread?