interrogative

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌɪn.təˈɹɒ.ɡə.tɪv/

Noun

archaic rare

(grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc. / (typography, archaic) Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.

Japanese Meaning

疑問を表す語。疑問詞、つまり「なぜ、だれ、いつ」など、質問をする際に使う語を指す。 / （活字印刷や古語的な用法）疑問符、すなわち「?」の同義語として用いられる。

What is this buttons?

In the exercise, each student had to identify the interrogative that began the sentence.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

演習では、各学生が文の先頭にある疑問詞を特定しなければなりませんでした。

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(typography, archaic) Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.

There be five manner of points and divisions most used among cunning men; the which if they be well used, make the sentence very light and easy to be understood, both to the reader and hearer: and they be these, virgil,—come,—parenthesis,—plain point,—interrogative.

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