Editing Kot Wawa (section)

== Rule #12 – Yes/no questions ==
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You can ask whether a sentence is true by following one the words in it with its negation with a mid tone.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|  | wìl.
|  | “It wants/needs it.”
|  | < tok ''wile'', cf. en ''will''
|-
| | gìl.
| | “It’s a fruit/vegetable/mushroom.”
| style="border-top:none;" | < tok ''kili''
|-
| | dèlo.
| | “It’s water/liquid.”, “It wets/washes it.”
| style="border-top:none;" | < tok ''telo''
|-
| | gɔ̀ɰɛ.
| | “It isn’t water.”
| style="border-top:none;" | < ¬dèlo
|-
| | mí li wìl-kíl.
| | “I want some fruit.”
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|-
| | mí li wìl-télo.
| | “I want some water.”
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|-
| | sína li wìl ɻɒɯ-télo.
| | “Do you want some water?”
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|-
| | sína li wìl-télo-kɔɰɔ.
| | “Is it water you want?”
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|-
| | kíl li bòn cɛŋ?
| | “Is the fruit good?”
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|-
| | sína li bòn cɛŋ?
| | “Are you good?”, “How are you?”
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|}

=== Answering ===
To answer, you pick the correct word, and say it in the verb or noun form, in the same form as the word that was questioned.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|  | A: sína li bòn cɛŋ?

B: bòn.
|  | A: “Are you well?” B: “Yes.”,<br>A: “How are you?” B: “Good.”
|  | 
|-
| | A: sína li bòn cɛŋ?<br>B: ɟɛ̀ŋ.
| | A: “Are you well?” B: “No.”,<br>A: “How are you?” B: “Not good.”
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|-
| | A: sína li wìl-télo-kɔɰɔ.<br>B: télo.
| | A: “Is it water you want?”<br>B: “Yes.”
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|-
| | A: sína li wìl-télo-kɔɰɔ.<br>B: kɔ́ɰɔ. mí li wìl-kíl.
| | A: “Is it water you want?”<br>B: “No. I want fruit.”
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|}