Interrogative particles in Arabic

Four ways to form questions [click here]

The four primary ways to ask a question are:

1- Intonation
2- Interrogative particles
3- The use of 1 miŝ kidda - مِشْ كِدا or ألَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ at the end of the sentence to form a question.

ألَيْسَ كَذَلِك

مِشْ كِدا

4- Simply place huwwa هو hiyya هي or humma هم at the beginning of the sentence to trigger a question.

If the subject is masculine use huwwa هو and if the subject is feminine use hiyya هي

However, if a singular or plural independent pronoun is used as the subject simply use هو to transform the sentence into a question.

For MSA/Classical Arabic place هل at the beginning of the sentence.

The use of intonation [click here]

	.... أنْتِ سامْيَة ُ؟ إنْتِ سامْيَةْ؟ 2 Inti Samia?
	هُوَ فَريدٌ؟ هُوَّ فَريدْ؟ 3 Howwa Fariid?
	هُمْ سامِيَةُ و فَريدٌ؟ هُمَّ سامْيَةْ وِ فَريدْ؟ 4 Humma Samia wi Fariid? (wi means “and”)
	أنْتَ أحْمَدُ؟ إنْتَ أحْمَدْ؟ 5 Inta Ahmad?
	أنْتُم سارَةُ و جيم؟ إنْتُمْ سارَةْ وِ جيمْ؟ 6 Intum Sara with Jim?

[19] interrogative particles