Marks an interrogative sentence.
Occurs with a declarative sentence intonation contour. Distribution: 1) At the beginning of a sentence followed by an adjective, noun or verb.
Undan lumagalāga hi Bukkāhan hi ulbung?
Does Bukkāhan always weave rice baskets?
Undan matabah Ingguppi ad ugwan?
Is Ingguppi fat now?
Dan lāman din inanupanyuh din handi?
Was it a wild pig that you hunted day before yesterday?
2) Following a sentence comment head (adjective, noun or verb), only dan occurs. It may follow a non-focused actor, or precede or follow any other sentence-level substantive phrase.
Lināgan Bukkāhan dan din pallungan'u? or Lināgan Bukkāhan din pallungan'u +dan?
Did Bukkāhan weave my winnowing basket?
Munlāga dan hi Bukkāhan? or Munlāgah Bukkāhan +dan?
Does Bukkāhan weave?
Ongol dan din tinnigmu ad a''u? or Ongol din tinnigmu +dan ad a''u? or Ongol din tinnigmu ad a''u +dan?
Was what you saw last night large?
Lāman dan din inanupanyuh din handi? or Lāman din inanupanyu +dan hidin handi? or Lāman din inanupanyuh din handi +dan?
Was it a wild pig that you hunted day before yesterday?
Commonly used to indicate a rhetorical question, expressing an emphasized negative statement.
Undan gahin un'a mi'gāud.
It's not at all necessary for you to join in the spadework.