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Learning the Latin Questions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Latin language. But first we need to know what the role of Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Latin.
Latin questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ...
Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Latin Questions |
|---|---|
| Questions | Quaestiones directae |
| how? | quomodo? |
| what? | quid? |
| who? | quis? |
| why? | cur? |
| where? | Ubi? |
Notice the structure of the Questions in Latin.
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Latin placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Latin vocabulary.
| English Questions | Latin Questions |
|---|---|
| where is he? | Ubi est? |
| what is this? | quid est illud? |
| why are you sad? | cur es maestus? |
| how do you want to pay? | quomodo vis solvere? |
| can I come? | possumne venire? |
| is he sleeping? | est is quietus? |
| do you know me? | agnoscisne me? |
| do you have my book? | habesne meos libros? |
| how big is it? | quantum est? |
| can I help you? | possumne adiuvare te? |
| can you help me? | potesne adiuvare me? |
| do you speak English? | loquerisne Britannice? |
| how far is this? | Quot distat hoc? |
| what time is it? | Quota hora est? |
| how much is this? | Quanti emitur? |
| what is your name? | quod nomen est tibi? |
| where do you live? | in quo loco habitas? |
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