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.
| 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 |