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:github_url: https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_uhg/src/branch/master/content/pronoun_interrogative.rst
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.. _pronoun_interrogative:
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Pronoun Interrogative
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Summary
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An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun that appears at the beginning of a clause/sentence and indicates that the clause/sentence
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is an interrogative question rather than an indicative statement.
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In Biblical Hebrew, a family of :ref:`interrogative particles<particle_interrogative>` function as interrogative pronouns,
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and many scholars use the terms "interrogative pronouns" and "interrogative particles" interchangeably. The two most common
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interrogative particles are מִי (personal interrogative pronoun, referring to a person) and מָה (impersonal interrogative pronoun,
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referring to a thing). These two pronouns can also function as :ref:`indefinite pronouns<pronoun_indefinite>`, especially when
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they appear in the middle of a clause/sentence rather than at the beginning. As a general rule, the particles מִי or מָה function
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as interrogative pronouns when they appear at the beginning of a clause/sentence, and function as indefinite pronouns when they
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appear in the middle of a sentence or clause. However, this is not a universal rule; the specific use of these pronouns must
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always be determined from the context.
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