Translation
who?; what?
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Examples
?
Who are you?
?
What are you doing?
?
Whose book is it?
?
Who are you saying this to?
, .
If anyone comes, call me.
asks "who?" and "what?". The rest of the paradigm is shared with the relative: genitive , dative , accusative (neuter ), ablative and . The case is chosen by the word's job in its own clause, exactly as for a noun, which is why "whose book" is and "to whom" is .
After , , and it drops the question and means "anyone, anything" instead. The tag every Latin class learns is "after the ali- falls away": is with the prefix gone. Keep it apart from the relative , , , which introduces a clause describing a noun you have already named.
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(5)Grammar articles
(7)Latin Conditional Sentences: si, nisi and the Subjunctive
Latin Indirect Commands: ut and ne with the Subjunctive
Latin Indirect Questions: Question Word plus Subjunctive
Latin Question Words: quis, quid, ubi, cur
Latin Pronouns Chart: ego, is, hic, ille and qui
Latin Relative Pronoun: qui, quae, quod and How It Agrees
Latin Word Order: Free, But Not Random
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 7: quis, tu, pro and 10 more words.