Interrogative pronouns Flashcards
What is an interrogative pronoun?
Words like who, whose, whom, what that are used to ask questions
Decline
Wer (persons)
wer (nom), wen (acc), wessen (gen), wem (dat)
Decline
was (things)
was (nom), was (acc)
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who did it?
Wer hat es gemacht?
Wer can be used in direct questions
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Who did you come with?
Mit wem bist du gekommen?
Wer can be used in direct questions
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where is the pen you wrote it with?
wo ist der Kugelschreiber, mit dem, du es beschrieben hast?
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I don’t know who did it
ich weiß nicht, wer es gemacht hat
Wer can be used in indirect question
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she wanted to know who she should go with
sie wollte wissen, mit wem sie fahren sollte
Wer can be used in indirect question
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What caused it to be destroyed?
Wodurch ist es zerstört worden?
Was becomes wo- when used with a preposition
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What should we sit on?
Worauf sollen wir sitzen?
Was becomes wo- when used with a preposition
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What kind of one did he buy?
Was für eins hat er gekauft?
Was für means what kind of
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Which one did you want?
Welches hast du gewollt?
Welcher means which and is declined like the def article
