Hand-book of Volapük/19

= THE INTEROGATIV FORM = In English we change an assertion into a question by changing the order of the words,

But we seldom put a verb, unless an auxiliary, before the subject. We use, instead, the emphatic form with do.

You go. Do you go ? instead of Go you ? He speaks. Does he speak ?

In Volap&uuml;k the sign of the question is the syllable li, generally placed either before or after the verb and united to it by a hyphen. The accent of the verb is unchanged. Li should not be placed after the verb, when this would bring two l's or three consonants together, as li-binoms ? not binoms-li?

If the sentence contains an interrogativ word, such as, who ? which ? what ? how ? when ? where ? li is unnecessary.

Kim binom man at ?   Who is this man ? Man kiom binom at ?   What man is this ? Kipladi man at golom ?   Where (whither) is this man going ?