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34 As in Hindūstānī, the sound k asks a question relative to rational beings; as kih, "who?" and the corresponding soft sound asks a question relative to irrational beings; as chǐ, "what?" These, with other words have become absorbed or amalgamated in the form, make up the remaining interrogatives; e.g. "which?" (of two), the d being a survival of dū, "two;"  chigūna, "how?" (for chi, "what?" and  gūn, "phase, colour, sort") and  chūn, "how? like what?" (the having a tendency to disappear between two vowels);  chand, "how many" (=  chi, "what?" +  and, "some") (of.  andak, "a little"),  kai, "when" etc.

These are formed by adding the personal pronouns khud, "self," etc; as The affixed forms may also be used with  khud; as From  khudash, "his-self," we get  kh'esh ("his own self, his-self") and  kh'eshtan, "himself." In the last the word signifies "body" or "person."

The following examples ae useful as showing the various uses and combinations of the pronouns.