Levantine Arabic/Questions
Interrogative pronouns
editمين mīn | who |
لمين la-mīn | whose |
شو šū إيش 'ēš (South) |
what |
لشو la-šu | for what |
ليش lēš | why |
أيّ 'ayy أنو 'anū (masc.) أني 'anī (fem.) |
which |
إيمتى 'ēmta | when |
وين wēn | where |
لوين la-wēn | where to |
من وين min wēn منين mnēn |
where from |
كيف kīf شلون šlōn (Syria) |
how |
قدّيش 'addēš | how much |
كم kam | how many |
كل قدّيش kull/kill 'addēš كم مرّة kam marra |
how often |
In Lebanese the variants ليه (lē, “why”), قدّيه ('addē, “how much”) and إمتى ('imta, “when”) are also common, which are shared with Egyptian Arabic.
Yes-no questions
editIn order to turn a statement into a simple yes-no questions, the intonation is rising at the end of the sentence.