Interrogative adverbs seek information about where, why, when or how an action was performed. Some examples are listed below but there are others.
[1] cūr: why?
[2] quārē: by what means?; how?;
why?
[3] quid as an interrogative
pronoun means ‘what?’:
Quid dīxistī? │ What did you say?
Quid, as an interrogative adverb,
means ‘why; what for?’
[4] num; nōnne
num was already discussed in
an earlier unit. It is used in a direct question, expecting the answer ‘no’:
Num Sparta īnsula est? Sparta’s not an island, is it?│Surely Sparta’s not an island?
nōnne is also used in a direct question, but expects a 'yes'
answer:
Nōnne intellegis? │ You understand, don't you? / Surely you understand?
[5] quandō: when?
[6] quō: to where? [arch.
whither?]
[7] quōmodo: how?; in what way?
[8] ubi: where?
[9] unde: from where? [arch.
whence?]
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