ordinal interrogative pronouns (fwd)

[=?X-UNKNOWN?Q?O=F1ederra_Olaizola_Lourdes?=]

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:20:21 +0100 (MET)
From: "[X-UNKNOWN] Oñederra Olaizola Lourdes" <fvponoll at vc.ehu.es>
To: Frans Plank <Frans.Plank at UNI-KONSTANZ.DE>
Subject: Re: ordinal interrogative pronouns



On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Frans Plank wrote:

> Before turning to books over the weekend for further investigation, I
> wonder whether LINGTYPists are aware of yet further languages boasting this
> category of interrogatives.  And perhaps real work has been done on them
> too, however minimal, in which case I'd greatly appreciate references.
> 
> 
In Basque ordinal interrogatives are most common and they are built on the
quantity interrogative ZENBAT (how many, how much). So: 

ZENBA(T)-GARREN sagarra jan du-zu?
how many-ord.    apple  eat have-you
 

Is a completely normal way to ask how many apples you have had. I am
pretty sure I cannot do the same in Spanish... Funny! Thanks for making me
realize.

Love,
mlo