mo
{pronoun} {particle} {adverb} {adjective} [Generate paradigm] 1. what
♢ ti•de mo? {sentence} what is this?
♢ ti•de mo li•jə̑n kerte•š? {sentence} what could this be?
♢ mot koršta•? {sentence} what's hurting?
♢ mo li•jə̑n? {sentence} what happened?, what's the matter?
♢ mo βerč́? {sentence} why? due to what? thanks to what?
♢ mo de•ne? {sentence} with what?
♢ mo olme•š? {sentence} instead of what?
♢ mo de•ke? {sentence} where?, to where?
♢ mo deč́? {sentence} from where?
♢ mo nerge•n? {sentence} about what?
♢ mo godse•k? {sentence} since when?
♢ mo go•də̑m? {sentence} when? At what time?
♢ mo ma•rte? {sentence} to where? till when?
♢ mo se•mə̑n? {sentence} in what manner?
♢ mo lije•š lije•š {sentence} come what may
♢ mo lije•š li•jže {sentence} come what may
♢ mo li•jə̑n, tu•do monda•ltə̑n {sentence} what happened has been forgotten
♦ mo kaje•n - tu•do kə̑ša• {phrase} it's long forgotten, it's ancient history
♦ mo lije•š lije•š {phrase} whatever will be will be
♦ mo sə̑n de•ne? {phrase} how can one look somebody in the eye, how can one dare (to do something)
♦ mo tomaša•! {phrase} how extraordinary!
♦ mo tuga•j? {phrase} what's the matter?, what's that?
♦ mo č́uri•j de•ne? {phrase} how can one look somebody in the eye, how can one dare (to do something)
♦ mo šinč́a• de•ne? {phrase} how can one look somebody in the eye, how can one dare (to do something)
♦ mo šü•rgö de•ne? {phrase} how can one look somebody in the eye, how can one dare (to do something)
♦ mo erte•n - tu•do kə̑ša• {phrase} it's long forgotten, it's ancient history
♦ nu i mo {phrase} so what, what's it to me
♦ mo βara• {adverb} so what, well, really
♦ mo βala• {adverb} {set phrase} considerably, much, a lot
2. (interrogative particle)
♢ tolə̑da• mo? {sentence} are you coming?
♢ tə̑j tola•t mo? {sentence} are you coming?
♢ ti•də̑n nerge•n ko•lə̑n mo? {sentence} has (s)he heard about it?
3. really? isn't it so?
♢ tuge• o•gə̑l mo? {sentence} isn't it so?
♢ mə̑•jže tə̑la•t šə̑m kala•se mo? {sentence} didn't I tell you so?
4. why, for what reason, for what purpose
♢ mo te peš kugu• jü•kə̑n kutə̑reda•? {sentence} what are you talking so loudly for?
5. what sort of, what kind of, what
♢ mo paša• de•ne tolə̑na•t? {sentence} on what business did you come?
♢ mo šot de•ne? {sentence} for what reason?
♢ mo ake•š? {sentence} for what price?
6. how many (used to denote large quantities)
♢ sa•rə̑šte mo ka•lə̑k pə̑te•n! {sentence} how many people died in the war!
7. when, since
♢ mo to•lə̑n, tu•də̑m u•žə̑n o•mə̑l {sentence} I have not seen him/her since (s)he came
8. what does it matter to him/her/etc., what does he/she/etc. care
♢ jolagajla•n mo - ke•č́e mu•č́ko mala•, paša•že ok ə̑šta•lt {sentence} what does the lazy care, (s)he sleeps all day and his/her work doesn't get done
♢ mo tudla•n uda• ige•č́e {sentence} what's the bad weather to him/her, what does (s)he care about the bad weather
