2.2. Question Sentences

Formulating yes/no questions with هل
Using dedicated question words like who? or what?

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Yes/No Questions

If a question can be answered with yes or no, the sentence structure is identical to the one discussed in the previous section, with an additional word هل hal or a أ at the beginning of the sentence.

English	Arabic
Is he here?	هل هو هنا hal huwa hunaa?
Is this big or small?	هل هذا كبير أم صغير؟ hal hadhaa kabeer am sagheer?

Question Words

Question words replace the subject in the sentence.

English	Arabic
What is this?	ما هذا maa hadhaa?
Who is this?	من هذا؟ man hadhaa
How are you?	كيف حالك kayfa Haluka
Where are you?	أين أنت ayna 'anta

Using Personal Pronouns

If the predicate of the question is a noun or an adjective, the personal pronouns هو or هي are inserted between the question word and the predicate.

English	Arabic
How is the health?	ما هي الصِحّة؟ maa hiya al-SiHHat
Who is the teacher?	من هو المُعلم؟ man huwa mu3allim

Vocabularies

Arabic	English
من	who
ما	what
كيف	how
أين	where
صِحّة	health
حال	condition
حالك	your state

2.2. Question Sentences

Yes/No Questions

Question Words

Using Personal Pronouns

Vocabularies

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