Hartalina : A Contrastive Analysis Between English And Karonese Language Question Words, 2009. USU Repository © 2009
A part of English question words, one question word has two or more meanings in Karonese question wordsand instead. Examples :
English Karonese
What time is it now ?
What day do you study English ?
Whose car will she borrow ?
Who is absent today ?
How does she speak English ?
How many days will you stay here ?
Where is the book ? Jam piga gundari ?
J
Λm Pi :gΛ gundΛari ?
Wari kai kam erlajar bahasa Inggris ? W
Λri kΛI kΛm rlΛjΛr bΛhΛsΛ I
ηgris ?
Motor siapai sipinjamdu ? Motor Si :
ΛpΛI sipinjΛmndu
Ise si la reh sendah ? I : s
si l
Λ r h s ndΛh
Uga ia ercakap bahasa Inggris ? U : ga i
Λ rcΛkΛp bΛhΛsΛ Iηgris
Piga wari kam tading ijenda ? pi : g
Λ wΛri kΛm tΛdiη ij ndΛ
Ija buku ndai ? I ; j
Λ buku ndΛI ?
1. Similarities
English and Karonese question words are put at the beginning or middle and have usage as subject or predicate in interrogative sentence. Examples:
English Karonese
Who is absent today ? Ise siabsen sendah ?
Hartalina : A Contrastive Analysis Between English And Karonese Language Question Words, 2009. USU Repository © 2009
What is that ?
When will your father go to America ?
Where do you study English ?
Which do you want ?
Why do you take my pen ?
How did they treat you ?
For what do you the work ?
To whom should I talk ? I : S
SI
Λbs n s ndΛh ?
Kai ei ? K
ΛI
Ndigan Bapandu lawes ku America ? Ndig
Λn bΛpΛndu lΛw sku Λm rikΛ ?
Ija kam erlajar bahasa Inggris ? I : j
Λ kΛm rlΛjΛr bΛhΛsΛ Iηgris ?
Siapai asendu ngena ? Si
ΛpΛI Λt ndu η nΛ ?
Engkai buatandu pulpenku ? ηk
ΛI buΛtmu pulp nku ?
Uga kalah ai petandakendu ? U : g
Λa kΛlΛk Λh p tΛndΛk ndu ?
Man kai dahikendu dahin ah ? M
Λn kΛI dΛhik ndu dΛhin Λh ?
Man ise aku harus ngerana ? Man i:s
Λku hΛrus η rΛnΛ
Both English and Karonese question words are followed by noun or adjective. Examples :
English Karonese
How big is you apartment ?
What films do you like best ? Uga galangna rumahndu ?
U : g
Λ gΛlΛηnΛ rumΛhndu
Kai film sikam sorna ?
Hartalina : A Contrastive Analysis Between English And Karonese Language Question Words, 2009. USU Repository © 2009
Which newspapers do you suberibe to ?
Whose umbrella do you use ? K
ΛI film SikΛmsornΛ ?
Surat khabar kai silangganindu ? Surat k
ΛbΛr silηgΛnindu ?
Siapai Payung sipakendu ? ? Si
ΛpΛI pΛyuη SipΛak ndu ?
A part of English and Karonese question words are followed by preposition. Examples :
English Karonese
Who will you give this present to ?
Who should I talk to ?
With whom did you go ?
What are you thinking about ? Man isi hadiah enda berekendu ?
M Λn i:s hΛdiΛh ndΛ b r k ndu ?
Ras ise kam ngerana ? R
Λs i:s kΛm η rΛnΛ ?
Ras ise kam lawes ? R
Λs i:s kΛm lΛw s ?
Kai sipikerkendu ? K
ΛI sipik rk ndu ?
A part of English Karonese question words used two or more different question words to say same aim or have same meanings.
Examples :
English Karonese
For what did you kill him ? Why
What do you study English for ? Engkai bunuh ndu ia ?
ηk
Λi bunuhndu iΛ ?
Man kai kam erlajar bahasa Inggris ?
Hartalina : A Contrastive Analysis Between English And Karonese Language Question Words, 2009. USU Repository © 2009
Why do you study English ? M
Λn kΛi kΛm rl ΛjΛr bΛhΛsΛ I
ηgris ?
Engkai kam erlajar bahasa Inggris ? ηk
Λi kΛm rlΛjΛr bΛhΛsΛ Iηgris ?
A part English Karonese question words, one word has two or more meaning in English and Karonese question words. Examples :
English Karonese
What time is it now ?
What day do you study English ?
Whose car will she borrow ?
Who is absent today ? Jam piga gundari ?
J
Λm pi : gΛ gundΛri ?
Wari kai kam erlajar bahasa Inggris ? W
Λri kΛI kΛm rlΛjΛr bΛhΛsΛ Iηgris ?
Motor ise sipinjamndu ? Motor i : s
sipinj
Λmndu
Ise silareh sendah ? I : s
sil
Λr h s ndΛh ?
2. Differences