Question Frame
Are we asking or stating?
Maana
A frame that turns a thought into a request for information, confirmation, choice, identity, reason, place, time, or manner.
Jinsi ya kuitambua
Find the element that makes the sentence a question: word order, question word, particle, intonation.
Mifano
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↗
Mtazamo wa lugha
Katika lugha yako
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?
Katika lugha unayojifunza
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.