Question Words to Ask for Time, Also Understand the Types and Characteristics

Kapanlagi.com - Interrogative words are words used to ask something to someone. Interrogative words themselves have many types, and these types certainly vary, depending on what you are asking a question for. Interrogative words are also one of the basic things that we must learn and understand, although they are simple but must be understood so that the use of your sentences is correct.

That's how important it is for us to know interrogative words, even there is a famous proverb that we definitely know "ashamed to ask, lost on the way", so asking questions has certainly become our daily food in asking something. Interrogative words can be related to places, time, and other important things. Even for interrogative words asking for time is often used.

Therefore, it has been compiled from various sources, here are the interrogative words for asking time, place, and others, along with types of words and their characteristics. Let's check it out KLovers.

1. Definition of Interrogative Words

Illustration (Credit: Pixabay)

Interrogative words or interrogative sentences are sentences that contain the meaning of a question. The meaning of an interrogative sentence is a sentence that contains a question to another party in order to obtain an answer from the party being asked.

These interrogative words or sentences are usually related to place, time, and even other things that we may not know, so we ask about them to other people. And these interrogative words are used to soften a question when you are going to ask someone else.

2. Characteristics of Interrogative Words

Illustration (Credit: Pixabay)

In addition to knowing the definition of interrogative words, there are also characteristics of interrogative words or sentences themselves. Yes, there are several characteristics of interrogative words and here are some of them:

1. The first characteristic is that interrogative words are usually capitalized and always end with a question mark (?).

2. Secondly, sometimes interrogative words also use the particle -kah (apakah, siapakah, dimanakah, and so on)

3. They have a high intonation for short-answer questions and a low intonation for long-answer questions.

4. And finally, interrogative words contain the 5W + 1H elements, or in Indonesian, it can be called ADiKSiMBa (Apa, Dimana, Kapan, Siapa, Mengapa, and Bagaimana)

3. Types of Question Words

Illustration (Credit: Pixabay)

Next, you need to know the types of question words themselves. And here are some types of question words along with example sentences:

1. Question Word "What"

The first one is the question word "What" which is used in question sentences to ask about something that is an action/state, for example:
- What can I help you with?
- Have you eaten?
- What is your reason for choosing this item?
- Has Sinta gotten married?

2. Question Word "Where"
The question word "Where" is used in question sentences to ask about a place or location. Usually, this question word is preceded by prepositions: in, to, and from, for example:
- Where is your house?
- Where is the location of PT.Setia's office?
- Where is the man from?
- Where is he going?

3. Question Word "When"
The word "When" is used in question sentences to ask about the time of an event that has happened or is currently happening. Here are some examples of question sentences using "When":
- When did he leave for Jogja?
- When can we meet again?
- When did you buy new shoes?
- When did the murder of the employee at Transmart happen?

4. Question word Who
Next, there is also the question word "Who" which is used to ask about someone, and here are some examples of the question word who:
- What is your name, young man?
- Who can answer this question?
- Who cleaned the bathroom?
- Who bought this food?

5. Question word Why
The question word "Why" is used to ask about the cause or reason. Examples of sentences with why are:
- Why didn't you come to the farewell event yesterday?
- Why didn't you tell me about it earlier?
- Why did you leave just like that?
- Why is he crying?

6. Question word How
And the last question word is "How" which is used in question sentences to ask about things related to the way or process. Examples of using the word how:
- How to make pandan cake?
- How did you know about that?
- How does rain occur?
- What is the continuation of the drama?
- How to solve this mathematical formula?

4. Question Words Asking for Time

Illustration (Credit: Pixabay)

After knowing the types of question words, of course you are still confused about what choices to make when asking for a specific time. Yes, from the explanation above, we can conclude that the question word for "When" is the choice for asking for a more specific time. For example, time of arrival? time for studying, time for a meeting, and many more.

Those are some things that you can know about question words for asking time. And the question word for asking time is "When", so this can be a new knowledge for all KLovers.

(kpl/gen/dhm)