Wh.question
- 1. WH Questions To: T. Aisha Maashi BY: Afrah Hassan Almesaihly Mashael Hamed Alghamdi Reem Saed Al-geshim Anjood Eid Albalwi Mariam Basher Alenzi Amal Ibrahim Alghany Rahma Maqbul Alamri Sara Ayed Albalwi University of Tabuk Faculty of Education & Arts Languages & Translation Dept.
- 2. Introduction The teaching and learning process is structured around asking and answering questions. In the delivery of instruction, teachers ask questions which students are expected to answer, and students ask teachers questions in seeking clarification and elaboration and in satisfying curiosity. Textbooks and other course materials include numerous questions, either as part of the presentation of content or as a guide for study and review. Furthermore, the assessment of student progress includes tests and quizzes consisting of questions of various types. Therefore, the ability to understand, to ask, and to answer questions in English is vital to educational success and later to success on the job.
- 3. An English "WH-question" begins with a simple WH-word (for example, who, what, when, where, why, or how) or a complex WH- phrase consisting of a WH-word plus other words (for example, whose accountant, what business plan, from which sales strategy, etc.). The following WH-question begins with the WH-word what. What is your company’s sales strategy? The purpose of such a WH-question is to seek content information that the asker does not yet know or has perhaps forgotten. A response to this question might be something like the following, where the highlighted portion was the content previously unknown to the asker:
- 4. My company’s sales strategy is to place sales representatives in four regions of the country. Such WH-questions are different from "yes/no questions," whose purpose is not to seek content information but to verify facts or to get a response to a request through a simple "yes" or "no" (or something in between, as with a "maybe" response). The following sentence is a yes/no question. The structure of WH Question in English: We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions). We often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example Why, How). WH Questions are similar to YES/NO questions except they have WH words at the start.
- 5. Question word Function Example sentence What Asking for information about something What is your name? Asking for repetition or confirmation What? I can't hear you. You did what? What...for Asking for a reason, asking why What did you do that for? When Asking about time When did he leave? Where Asking in or at what place or position Where do they live? Which Asking about choice Which color do you want? Who Asking what or which person or people (subject) Who opened the door? Whom Asking what or which person or people (object) Whom did you see?
- 6. Whose are these keys? Whose turn is it? Asking about ownershipWhose Why do you say that?Asking for reason, asking what...forWhy Why don't I help you?Making a suggestionWhy don't How does this work? How was your exam? Asking about manner Asking about condition or quality How See examples belowAsking about extent or degreeHow + adj/adv How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?DistanceHow far How long will it take?Length (time or space)How long How many cars are there?Quantity (countable)How many How much money do you have?Quantity (uncountable)How much How old are you?AgeHow old How come I can't see her?Asking for reason, asking whyHow come (informal)
- 7. Structure of WH Questions: When we use “do” or “be” in WH.Q: WH Questions with "do" WH + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB Examples: * Where do you work? * When does she wake up? * Who is your brother? WH Questions with "be" WH + BE + SUBJECT Examples: * Where are you from? * Who is that man? * When is your class? Examples: * Are you from Canada? * Where are you from?
- 8. Here are some example questions and answers: * Where are you from? * I am from Japan. * What is your name? * My name is Jacob. * When do you wake up? * I wake up at 7:30 am. * Why are you angry? * I am angry because I did not pass my exam.
- 9. Question Answer Example What Thing What is that? When Time When is the game? Who Person Who do you live with? Where Place Where do you live? Why Reason Why are you happy? How Directions/Feelings How are you? Example: 1-What is she doing? -She is cook. 2-When is the meeting? -The meeting is at 7:00 3-Who people are they? -They are my neighbors. 4-Where is the main shop? -The main shop is next to the restaurant. 5-How do you go to work? - I drive to work.
- 10. The structure of WH.Q in Arabic: اينفاطمة؟ متىتذهبالىالمدرسة؟ كيفتعدينالطعام؟ منيتعلممسائلالرياضيات؟ اينتعلمتاملاللغةاالنجليزية؟ When we want to translate this sentence will do this : (WH.Q + Auxiliary +subject+ Verb+ Noun) Where + is + Amal +learning +English? احمدأيطعامتفضلاللحماوالسمك؟ When we want to translate this sentence will do this : (WH.Q + Auxiliary +Verb + Subject + Noun) Which + is + Ahmad +better + fish or meat لماذاهذاالقميصغيرنظيف؟ When we want to translate this sentence will do this : (WH.Q + Auxiliary +article + Subject +noun) Why +is + this + shirt + not clean منهوكاتبهذاالكتاب؟ When we want to translate this sentence will do this : (WH.Q + Auxiliary + verb + article +noun) Who + is + compose + this + book
- 11. How to translate WH.Q from English into Arabic: Who is John Howard? منهوجونهوارد? Who is read it? منيقرأها؟ How are you feeling today? كيفتشعراليوم؟ How do I look? كيفأبدو؟ How many students are there? كمعددالطالبهناك؟ Whom did you see? مالذيتشاهد؟ Whom is shall we call? مالذييجبنسميه؟
- 12. What is wrong with his father? ماهوالخطأمعوالده؟ What has happened to him? مالذيحدثله? Whose is this bag? لمنهذهالحقيبة؟ When did you find her? متىأجدها؟ Ahmad when are you coming school? متىتكونقادممنالمدرسهيااحمد؟ Why are you here? لماذاأنتهنا؟ Why are you sad? لماذاأنتحزين؟ Which is her room? أيهماغرفتها؟ Which are you like it? التيكنتترغبفيذلك Where are you from? منأيبلدأنت Where are you going? إلىأينأنتذاهب؟ Questions device + verb + subject or pronoun.
- 13. Conclusion It s always hard to translate any text, between any two languages, in a way maintains the same meaning and style. Sometimes it is acceptable to preserve the meaning with slight changes in the tone. However, when it comes to specific fields, the everlasting challenge is to interpret both the original meaning and style. However, translating questions is a difficult task if we don’t realize and be careful about the differences in grammatical structure between English and Arabic.