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<h1 class="title">lesson 11 - <span style="vertical-align:-50%" class=title-emphasis>questions?</span></h1>
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<h2 class="title box-title">vocab</h2>
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<p> mun - moon, night sky object, star</p>
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<p> ante - different, altered, changed, other</p>
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<p> sitelen - image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing</p>
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<p> poki - container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel</p>
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<p> pakala - botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up</p>
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<p> jo - to have, carry, contain, hold</p>
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<p> supa - horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on</p>
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<h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ question word</h3>
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<p> seme - (indicates missing information in a question)</p>
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<h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ notes</h3>
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<p>jo is not the same as english's general to have</p>
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<p>"i have a lot of work" is not "mi jo e pali mute"</p>
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<h2 class="title box-title">lesson</h2>
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<p>there are two ways to ask yes/no questions, and one way to ask an open-ended one</p>
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<h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ verb ala verb</h3>
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<p>to ask yes or no questions, you repeat the first word in the predicate or preverb by saying <em>word ala word</em></p>
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<p>to answer a question like this you repeat the word for yes, and say ala or word ala for no.</p>
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<p class=quote><span class=sentence>sina wile ala wile pali?</span> - do you want to work?<br>
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<span class=sentence>wile</span> / <span class=sentence>ala</span> - yes / no</p>
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<p class=quote><span class=sentence>jan ni li suwi ala suwi tawa sina?</span> - is this person cute in your opinion?<br>
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<span class=sentence>suwi</span> / <span class=sentence>suwi ala</span> - yes / no</p>
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<h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ anu seme?</h3>
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<p>you can also form yes/no questions by appending "anu seme?" to the end. (lesson 12 will cover the word anu)</p>
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<p>they are answered the same way as <em>verb ala verb</em> questions, by either repeating the word, or saying ala.</p>
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<p>if you're unsure of which word to repeat, you could also just say a sentence</p>
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<p class=quote><span class=sentence>sina moku anu seme?</span> - do you eat?<br>
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<span class=sentence>moku</span> / <span class=sentence>ala</span> - yes / no</p>
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<p class=quote><span class=sentence>ona li jan poka sina anu seme?</span> - are they your friend?<br>
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<span class=sentence>ona li jan poka mi</span> - they are my friend</p>
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<h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ open-ended questions</h3>
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<p>open-ended questions are formed by making a normal sentence and putting the word <em>seme</em> where the missing information would go.</p>
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<p>if you have phrased the question correctly, the responder should be able to replace the word seme with the answer.</p>
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<p class=quote><span class=sentence>sina seme?</span> - what are you doing? / who are you?<br>
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<span class=sentence>mi pakala e ijo / mi soweli Tesa</span> - i break things / i'm tess</p>
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<p class=quote><span class=sentence>seme li lon supa?</span> - what's on the table?<br>
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<span class=sentence>len jaki</span> - dirty clothes</p>
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<p class=quote><span class=sentence>soweli Sijala li lon seme?</span> - where is tiara?<br>
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<span class=sentence>ona li lon insa pi poki kala!</span> - she is inside the aquarium!</p>
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<h2 class="title box-title">exercises</h2>
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<h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ repetition</h3>
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<h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ translate from toki pona to english</h3>
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<h3 class="title box-title sub-title">~ translate from english to toki pona</h3>
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<h2 class="title box-title">navigation</h2>
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