Questions & Answers about Anche la madre è qui?
The words are in the exact same order as a normal sentence. How do we make it a question?
In Italian, you don't need to change the word order or swap the subject and verb to ask a simple yes/no question. You just take the normal statement Anche la madre è qui (The mother is also here) and make your voice go up at the end when speaking, or simply add a question mark when writing!
Why is anche at the very beginning of the sentence?
Why does the word è have an accent mark here?
The accent mark distinguishes it from a word that looks very similar. With the accent, è means "is" (from the verb essere, to be). Without the accent, e means "and". Since we need a verb to ask if the mother "is" here, we must use the accented è.
Could I use qua instead of qui?
Yes! Both qui and qua mean "here" and are incredibly common. They can be used interchangeably in this sentence, though qui can sometimes feel a tiny bit more specific, like pointing to exactly "right here".
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