THE INTEROGATIV FORM
In English we change an assertion into a question by changing the order
of the words,
I have. Have I ? He will go. Will he go ? You have seen. Have you seen ?
But we seldom put a verb, unless an auxiliary, before the subject. We
use, instead, the emphatic form with do.
You go. Do you go ? instead of Go you ? He speaks. Does he speak ?
In Volapük the sign of the question is the syllable li, generally placed either before or after the verb and united to it by a hyphen. The accent of the verb is unchanged. Li should not be placed after the verb, when this would bring two l's or three consonants together, as li-binoms ? not binoms-li?
Man binom gudik, Man binom-li gudik ?Labob, Labob-li ? Ogoloms, Li-ogoloms ? Elogols, Li-egolols ?
If the sentence contains an interrogativ word, such as, who ? which ? what ? how ? when ? where ? li is unnecessary.
Kim binom man at ? Who is this man ? Man kiom binom at ? What man is this ? Kipladi man at golom ? Where (whither) is this man going ?