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Interrogative pronouns

  

Who? What?
m
,
How?
mi-m
Why?
Hr-m
What? Which?
ptr
What? (for things)
ix
What?
iSst
Which? Which one?
sy
Who?
in-m
Where?
tn, Tn
,
Who? What?
pty
 
Examples:
Who are you?
Twt m
What is your name?
ptr rn.k
Who is the one who knows like Ra?
pty rx mi Ra
What are you doing?
iry.k m
Why do you not row?
tmt Xn Hr-m
Where are you?
wn.k tn
What have you done for him?
ir.k n.f iSst
Which one are you?
ntk sy
 
As you can see from the above examples, the ancient Egyptian normally prefers to place the interrogative pronoun at the end of sentence, except (in-m, ptr, pty) which is at the begining of a sentence as a logical predicate.
 
Interrogative made by using the word in and  in iw
 
Is this scale?
in mxAt pw
Are you a maid-servant?
in iw ntt Hmt