Lesson 3 — Grammatical Topic — Yes/No questions with he

You can make any statement into a "yes/no" question by adding  he after the verb.
By itself, he means "yes."
Just as with the article ha, the h of he drops out when it comes after a word that ends with a consonant.
kyuxpan he? "am I sick?"   am I sick?
  kuti he? "do I see [it]?" are you putting [stuff] away?
  piyutanin he? "do you all understand?"
  psinay he? "are you putting [stuff] away?"
kyuxpan he?
  tuhuy he? "is it raining?"
psinay he?
 is it wet?
  siwe he? "are they asleep?"  
  o he? "is it wet?"  
       
o he?
How would you turn these simple sentences into questions? And how would you answer the question?
  o ha huu "the dog is wet" is the dog wet? o he
     ha huu?
  o he ha huu? "is the dog wet?"
  oyin ha tokoy "the circle is black" is the circle black?
  oyin he ha tokoy? "is the circle black?" oyin he     
ha tokoy?
  mi ha ii "the child is crying"
  mi he ha ii? "is the child crying?" is it raining?  
  tuhuy "it's raining" tuhuy he?
  tuhuy he? "is it raining?" are they sweet?
  simowon "they are sweet"  
  simowon he? "are they sweet?" simowon he?

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