kdo / kaj

Asking Who and What

Level 1

Kdo asks about a person and kaj about a thing, action or content.

How It Works

Kdo asks about a person and kaj about a thing, action or content. Their case changes with their role in the sentence; begin with subject and identifying questions.

A question word takes the role of its answer. Kdo govori? asks for a subject, but Koga vidiš? asks for a direct object. Kaj bereš? can ask about an object because kaj has the same visible nominative and accusative form.

Examples (3)

  1. Kdo je to?

    Who is this?

  2. Kaj je to?

    What is this?

  3. Kdo govori?

    Who is speaking?

How It Connects

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kdo / kajLevel 1Asking Who and What

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Identify the subject or participant being requested by a question word.

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Words in This Pattern

kdokaj