Levantine Arabic/Questions

Interrogative pronouns مين mīn who لمين la-mīn whose شو šūإيش 'ēš (South) what لشو la-šu for what ليش lēš why أيّ 'ayyأنو 'anū (masc.)أني 'anī (fem.) which إيمتى 'ēmta when وين wēn where لوين la-wēn where to من وين min wēnمنين mnēn where from كيف kīfشلون šlōn (Syria) how قدّيش 'addēš how much كم kam how many كل قدّيش kull/kill 'addēšكم مرّة kam marra how often In Lebanese the variants ليه (lē, “why”), قدّيه ('addē, “how much”) and إمتى ('imta, “when”) are also common, which are shared with Egyptian Arabic. Yes-no questions In order to turn a statement into a simple yes-no questions, the intonation is rising at the end of the sentence.