Question Frame
Are we asking or stating?
Betydning
A frame that turns a thought into a request for information, confirmation, choice, identity, reason, place, time, or manner.
Slik kjenner du det igjen
Find the element that makes the sentence a question: word order, question word, particle, intonation.
Eksempler
who|what|where|when|why|how|do
where are you|do you know|is it ready
Where do you live?
Visual guide
QUESTION FRAME signal + thought + ? where + you live + ? = answer wanted Not a plain statement Ask: asking or stating?
Question signals can vary: Word: where are you? Order: is it ready? Do: do you know? Particle: ready Q? Tone: ready↗
Språkoversikt
På språket ditt
Yes/no questions often use هل or أ, and information questions use question words with mostly stable word order.
هل تفهمُ الدرس؟
Do you understand the lesson?
På språket du lærer
Yes/no questions often use কি; wh-words generally stay in place.
তুমি কি আসবে?
Will you come?
Learners may move wh-words like in English or omit কি in unclear yes/no questions.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.