Question words: шта, ко, где and more
Ten minutes of the grammar lesson's own open-question rule: a question word usually starts the clause, and the verb most often follows it right away - no auxiliary do anywhere - and two of them, који/која/које, additionally change ending to match the gender of the noun that follows. Build three questions picking the right question word and the right agreeing form, then hear a ко question and its answer said aloud.
The part of the grammar page this lesson drills — read it here, then use it.
Question words
The core set: ко (who), шта (what), где (where), кад(а) (when), како (how), зашто (why), колико (how much/how many) - see the table below for examples. Each of them usually starts the clause, and the verb most often follows right after.
Two question words also agree with the noun they modify: који/која/које (which) and чији/чија/чије (whose) change ending to match the noun's gender and number - see the table below for који/која/које in each gender.
Ко takes masculine singular agreement even when asking who came: Ко је дошао? To ask which woman from a known group came, use Која је дошла?
| Word | Example |
|---|---|
| ko | Ko je to? |
| šta | Šta radiš? |
| gde | Gde živiš? |
| kad(a) | Kad dolaziš? |
| kako | Kako si? |
| zašto | Zašto plačeš? |
| koliko | Koliko košta? |