What are Question Adverbs?
Question adverbs give us the reason and the meaning of the action through a question. Just like how normal sentences use adverbs, question sentences basically use these adverbs.
Let’s see the list of question adverbs:
| Ne | What |
| Nasıl | How |
| Ne zaman / Kaçta | When |
| Neden / Niçin | Why |
| Ne kadar | How much / How long |
| Ne biçim | What kind of |
| Ne diye | What for? |
Here are some sentence examples:
- Neden geç kaldın? (Why were you late?)
- Ne diye beni aramadın? (What for you didn’t call me?)
- Annemlerden İstanbul’dan ne zaman dönecek? (When will my mothers return from Istanbul?)
- Bu ne biçim bir hayvan? (What kind of animal is that?)
- İzmir’e gelmemize daha ne kadar var? (How long till we get to İzmir?)
Interjection Usage
Sometimes these adverbs can be used as interjections like in English:
- Ne güzel bir ev! (What a beautiful house!)
- Bana ne zaman geleceğini söylemedi. (He didn’t tell me when he was coming)