Interrogative is an English word with synonyms like mood or mode. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Interrogative meaning
- Asking or denoting a question.
- Pertaining to inquiry; questioning
Synonyms of Interrogative
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Using Interrogative
- The main meaning on this page is: Asking or denoting a question. | Pertaining to inquiry; questioning
- Useful related words include: mood, mode, modality, sentence.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vraagwoord, interrogatief.
- In the example corpus, interrogative often appears in combinations such as: interrogative pronouns, the interrogative, an interrogative.
Context around Interrogative
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Interrogative
- In this selection, "interrogative" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pronouns, blue, irony, pronouns, eyes and sentence stand out and add context to how "interrogative" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include interrogative pronouns the and acquiescence irony interrogative constructions and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "interrogative" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with interrogative
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Interrogative and exclamatory clauses are introduced with inverted question and exclamation marks (¿ and ¡, respectively). (14 words)
It also appears in cases such as acquiescence, irony, interrogative constructions, and first person inferences. (15 words)
Interrogation The interrogative is formed by using the words ka ("or") or ka lae ("or not"). (16 words)
His large, mottled white head — balanced on his compact body — suggests a recently restored bust of a Roman statesman, startlingly enlivened by those blue, blue, interrogative eyes. (27 words)
According to a 2011 discovery by a Cambridge manuscript expert, Syriac was the first language to use a punctuation mark to indicate an interrogative sentence. (25 words)
Demonstrative and interrogative pronouns The demonstrative pronouns of English are this (plural these), and that (plural those), as in these are good, I like that. (25 words)
Interrogative pronouns The interrogative pronouns who and what generally take singular agreement, citation e.g. * Who works there? (18 words)
Some simple queries are formed simply by mentioning the topic with an interrogative intonation to call for the hearer's attention: Kore wa? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives Intensive pronouns Interrogative pronouns The interrogative pronouns are used strictly for asking questions.
Interrogative pronouns The following table shows the Interrogative pronouns used in Akkadian: Prepositions Akkadian has prepositions which consist mainly of only one word.
Interrogative pronouns The interrogative pronouns who and what generally take singular agreement, citation e.g. * Who works there?
His large, mottled white head — balanced on his compact body — suggests a recently restored bust of a Roman statesman, startlingly enlivened by those blue, blue, interrogative eyes.
According to a 2011 discovery by a Cambridge manuscript expert, Syriac was the first language to use a punctuation mark to indicate an interrogative sentence.
Demonstrative and interrogative pronouns The demonstrative pronouns of English are this (plural these), and that (plural those), as in these are good, I like that.
Indirect yes-no questions can be expressed using if or whether as the interrogative word: Ask them whether/if they saw him.
Interrogation The interrogative is formed by using the words ka ("or") or ka lae ("or not").
Interrogative and exclamatory clauses are introduced with inverted question and exclamation marks (¿ and ¡, respectively).
Interrogative pronouns "Ken" is now archaic, but its inflected forms are used instead of those of "kuka": "ketä" instead of "kuta" ("whom").
Interrogative Somewhat similar to the –mi evidential, the inferential evidential can be found in content questions.
It also appears in cases such as acquiescence, irony, interrogative constructions, and first person inferences.
Nowadays, there are special endings which can be used on declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences; and both honorific or normal sentences.
Polar questions are indicated with interrogative particles, most commonly /teː/ a homonym of the negation particle.
Pronouns There are three types of pronouns in Esperanto: personal (vi "you"), demonstrative (tio "that", iu "someone"), and relative interrogative (kio "what").
Rape and other forms of sexual abuse are often used as methods of torture for interrogative or punitive purposes.
Roman Catholic Church Rite of Baptism An interrogative form of the Apostles' Creed is used in the Rite of Baptism (for both children and adults).
Some simple queries are formed simply by mentioning the topic with an interrogative intonation to call for the hearer's attention: Kore wa?
Subject/verb inversion is not required in questions, and thus the recognition of declarative or interrogative may depend entirely on intonation.
The distinguishable types of pronouns include the following: personal, relative, reflexive, interrogative, negative, indefinitive, summative and possessive.
Common combinations with interrogative
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- interrogative pronouns 10×
- the interrogative 8×
- an interrogative 4×
- interrogative word 2×
- interrogative and 2×
- interrogative or 2×