Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

Level One39 Questionsa Questions of the type? - For questions that expect the answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ (as against ‘what, when,where’ questions), everyday spoken Hebrew simply uses tone of voice todistinguish the question from a statement. Word order is unchanged:? - Is Yoram in Tel Aviv?In writing, it is important to remember the question mark. In formalusage, one can also start a question with the particledetails. . See 101 forb ‘What, where, when’In questions of the ‘what, where, when, how?’ sort, the ‘question word’( , , , etc.) usually comes first, as in English. But, unlike English,the rest of the sentence can remain unchanged: the verb need not leapfrogover the subject:? Who’s shouting?? What does the boss say?? Where is he living?? Why is the trunk locked? ‘with a knife’, But observe that if there is a preposition (as in‘for Danny’), it must remain in front of its noun; it cannot go to the endof the question as in English.70? What did you lock up with?? Whose place did they eat at?? Who were you checking for?