Question words: шта, ко, где and more
Ten minutes of the grammar lesson's own open-question rule: a question word starts the clause and the verb follows it immediately - 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 the grammar lesson's own example about which city you like 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 word starts the clause, immediately followed by the verb.
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 always takes a singular, masculine-style verb form, regardless of who is actually being asked about - Ко је дошао? (Who came?) keeps дошао even when asking about a woman, never 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? |