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# 3 Interrogative particles in Arabic

Interrogative articles like when or who in English are the first step in forming a question to seek information. In the following table you will find a list of interrogative articles. In the activities that follow you will see how interrogative articles are used in a sentence. Listen carefully to the audio.

* Interrogative particles in Arabic comes first at the sentence.

## Table 6 interrogative particles in Arabic

English | Arabic | Transliteration
--- | --- | ---
Yes, No questions | هَلْ - أَ | Hal - Aʾ
Who | مَنْ | Man
What | مَاذَا - مَا | Māḏā - Ma
Where | أَيْنَ | Ayna
When | مَتَى | Mata
Why | لِمَاذا - لِمَ | Limāḏā - Lima
How | كَيفَ | Kayfa
How much - how many | كَمْ | Kam
which | أَيّ | Ayyu

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