Upitne reči (Question words) u engleskom jeziku se koriste za postavljanje određena pitanja.
U upitnim rečenicama, upitna reč je na prvom mestu, pre pomoćnog glagola.
1. Posle uptinih reči često stoji pomoćni glagol:
When did you leave?
Why are you working so late?
2. Posle upitnih reči what, which, whose može stajati imenica:
Which pencil do you want?
Whose car is this?
3. Posle how mogu se upotrebiti pridevi, prilozi ili izrazi za količinu (much, many):
How big is your house?
How fast does that car go?
How much is that cake?
How many friends have you invited?
Upitna reč |
Upotreba |
Primer |
upitna reč koristi se da se pita: |
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what |
za informaciju o nečemu |
What are you doing tomorrow evening? |
what... for |
za razlog |
What did you do that for? |
why |
za razlog |
Why did you do that? |
why don’t |
za predlog |
Why don’t we meet at the restaurant? |
when |
za vreme |
When did she leave? |
where |
za mesto |
Where does she live? |
which |
za izbor |
Which book did you take? |
whose |
za pripadnost |
Whose coat is this? |
who |
za pitanja o ljudima (subjekat) |
Who took my jacket? |
whom |
za pitanja o ljudima (objekat) |
Whom have you seen? |
how |
za način |
How does this machine work? |