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Interrogation (continued) Interrogative Pronouns
3) When مَتَىْ الْمَوْعِدُ ؟ mataa ('a)l-maw"id(u) = when the appointment/date (is) Translation: when is the appointment/date?
مَتَىْ أَتَيْتَ ؟ mataa 'atayt(a) = when (you) came Translation: when did you come?
مَتَىْ سَتُسَاْفِرُ ؟ mataa sa-tusaafir(u) = when (you) will travel Translation: when will you leave the country/town?
إِلَىْ مَتَىْ نَنْتَظِرُ ؟ 'ilaa mataa nantazir(u) = to when (we) will wait Translation: how long will we wait?
مُنْذُ مَتَىْ وأَنْتُمْ هُنَاْ ؟ munth(u) mataa wa-'antum hunaa = since when and you (plu. masc.) (are) here Translation: how long have you been here?
هَلْ تَعْلَمُ مَتَىْ جَاْءَ الأَوْلادُ ؟ hal ta"lam(u) mataa jaa'(a) ('a)l-'awlaad(u) = is it that (you sing. masc.) know when came the children Translation: do you know when the kids came?
The word 'ayyaan(a) أَيَّاْنَ also means "when," but it is classical and not used in the modern language. وَمَاْ يَشْعُرُوْنَ أَيَّاْنَ يُبْعَثُوْنَ wa-maa yash"uroon(a) 'ayyan(a) yub"athoon(a) = and not (they plu. masc.) feel when (they plu. masc.) will be resurrected Translation: and they don't know when they will be resurrected
4) Where
أَيْنَ أَنْتَ ؟ 'ayn(a) 'ant(a) = where you (sing. masc.) (are) Translation: where are you?
أَيْنَ سَنَاْءُ ؟ 'ayn(a) sanaa'(u) = where Sana'a (female name) (is) Translation: where is Sana'a?
أَيْنَ كُنْتِ ؟ 'ayn(a) kunti = where (you sing. fem.) were Translation: where were you?
أَيْنَ تُقِيْمُ ؟ 'ayn(a) tuqeem(u) = where (you sing. masc.) dwell Translation: where do you live? where are you staying?
إِلَىْ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبْنَ ؟ 'ilaa 'ayn(a) tathhabn(a) = to where (you plu. fem.) go Translation: where are you going ?
مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ هَذَاْ ؟ min 'ayn(a) la-k(a) haathaa = from where for you this (is) Translation: wherefrom have you got this?
أَتَعْلَمُ أَيْنَ الْحَفْلَةُ ؟ 'a-ta"lam(u) 'ayn(a) ('a)l-hafla(tu) = is it that (you sing. masc.) know where the party (is) Translation: do you know where the party is?
5) How
كَيْفَ هُوَ ؟ kayf(a) huw(a) = how he (is) Translation: what is he/it like?
كَيْفَ عَرَفْتِ هَذَاْ ؟ kayf(a) "arafti haathaa = how (you sing. fem.) knew this Translation: how did you know this?
هَلْ أَخْبَرَكِ كَيْفَ عَرَفَ هَذَاْ ؟ hal 'akhbara-k(i) kayf(a) "araf(a) haathaa = is it that (he) told you (sing. fem.) how (he) knew this Translation: did he tell you how he knew about this?
6) How many / How much
There is only one word to express these things in Arabic, kam كَمْ . This word was originally ka-maa كَمَاْ = "like what?" before it evolved to the form known today. The nouns after kam must be always singular and in the accusative, or nasb, case.
كَمْ وَلَدًا لَدَيْكَ ؟ kam walada(n) laday-k(a) = how many a child (in) (the) place (of) you (sing. masc.) (are) Translation: how many children do you have? *The words ladaa لَدَىْ & "ind(a) عِنْدَ are somewhat similar in meaning to the French chez, but they are also used for time meaning "at," like in "at sunset." كَمْ مَرَّةَ حَذَّرْتُكَ ؟ kam marra(tan) haththartu-k(a) = how many a time (I) warned you (sing. masc.) (are) Translation: how many times have I warned you?
هَلْ تَعْلَمُ كَمْ سَاْعَةً اِنْتَظَرْتُكَ ؟! hal ta"lam(u) kam saa"a(tan) 'intazartu-k(a) = is it that (you sing. masc.) know how many an hour (I) waited you (sing. masc.) Translation: do you know how many hours I've been waiting for you?!
كَمْ يَبْلُغُ عَدَدُ سُكَّاْنِ الْبَرَاْزِيْلِ ؟ kam yablur(u) "adad(u) sukkaan(i) ('a)l-baraazeel(i) = how much (he/it) reaches (the) number (of) (the) inhabitants (of) Brazil Translation: how much is the population of Brazil?
If the noun following kam were part of a genitive construction, it would not be in the accusative case but in the regular nominative case. كَمْ عَدَدُ الْحَاْضِرِيْنَ ؟ kam "adad(u) ('a)l-haadireen(a) = how much (the) number (of) the present (people) (is) Translation: How many are the present people?
The noun following kam can be omitted. Examples: كَمْ تُرِيْدُ ؟ kam tureed(u) = how much/many (you) want Translation: how much/many do you want?
كَمْ قَاْلَ لَكَ أَنَّهُ يُرِيْدُ ؟ kam qaal(a) la-k(a) 'ann-h(u) yureed(u) = how much/many (he) said to you that him wants Translation: how much/many did he tell you that he wanted?
كَمْ هَؤُلاءِ ؟ kam haa'ulaa'(i) = how many these (are) Translation: how many are these?
When asking about price, kam will be preceded by preposition bi- بِِـ = "in/by/with."
The noun following bi-kam is often omitted. Examples:
بِكَمِ الْهَاْمْبرْغَرُ ؟ bi-kam(i) ('a)l-haambergar(u) = by how much (money) (I may buy) the hamburger Translation: how much is the hamburger?
Kam Stating Numerousness kam can be used in a style that is used to state numerousness instead of interrogation or asking a question. Example: كَمْ مِنْ كِتَاْبٍ عِنْدَكَ !ه kam min kitaab(in) "inda-k(a) = how many of a book (is) (in) (the) place (of) you (sing. masc.)
= so many of a book (is) (in) (the) place (of) you (sing. masc.) Translation: you have so many books! Nouns after preposition min = "from/of" must be in the ablative case, or 'al-jarr case.
The min after kam in this style can often be omitted. Example: كَمْ كِتَاْبٍ عِنْدَكَ !ه kam kitaab(in) "inda-k(a) = so many (of) a book (is) (in) (the) place (of) you (sing. masc.) Translation: you have so many books!
Emphatic la- لَـ can also be used here. لَكَمْ مِنْ كِتَاْبٍ عِنْدَكَ !ه la-kam min kitaab(in) "inda-k(a) = certainly so many of a book (is) (in) (the) place (of) you (sing. masc.) Translation: you really have so many books!
لَكَمْ كِتَاْبٍ عِنْدَكَ !ه la-kam kitaab(in) "inda-k(a) = certainly so many (of) a book (is) (in) (the) place (of) you (sing. masc.) Translation: you really have so many books!
لَكَمْ مَرَّةٍ حَذَّرْتُكَ la-kam marra(tin) haththartu-k(a) = certainly so many (of) a time (I) warned you (sing. masc.) Translation: I warned you so many times
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