Basic Grammar: Interrogative Clause [Der Fragesatz] － German to Die from!
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Date: 11/02/2017

The German grammar for [Fragesatz / interrigative clause] summarized!

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There are two kinds of interrogative clauses: 

- W-Fragen (W-Questions)
- Ja/Nein-Fragen (Yes/No Questions)

W-Fragen are used to ask for a specific information. 
These are interrogative words: 

Was? (What?)
- Was ist das? (What is that?)

Wer? (Who)
- Wer ist das? (Who is that?)

Wem? (Who, Dative)
- Wem kann ich vertrauen? (Who can I trust?)

Wen? (Who, Accusative)
- Wen vermisst du? (Who are you missing?)

Wessen? (Whose, Genitive)
- Wessen Auto ist das? (Whose car is that?)

Wann? (When?)
- Wann fährt der Zug? (When does the train leave?)

Wo? (Where?)
- Wo ist der Bahnhof? (Where is the train station?)

Wohin? (Whereto)
- Wohin gehst du? (Where are you going?)
- Wo gehst du hin? 

Woher? (Wherefrom?)
- Woher kommst du? (Where do you come from?)
- Wo kommst du her?

Warum? (Why?)
- Warum hast du das gemacht? (Why did you do that?)

Wie? (How?)
Wie war der Film? (How was the movie?)

Welche? Welcher? Welches? (Which?)
- Welcher Bus ist das? (Which bus is that?)

When using a verb as the interrogative word, you will get a Yes/No Question. 

To do this, The verb, which is usually on position 2, has to be changed to position 1. And the subject will be on position 2. 


Er geht heute nach Berlin. (He is going to Berlin today.)
Geht er heute nach Berlin? (Is he going to Berlin today?)
- Ja, er geht heute nach Berlin. (Yes, he is going to Berlin today.)
- Nein, er geht heute nicht nach Berlin. (No, he is not going to Berlin today.)

For these questions, the answer can always be Ja or Nein. 
But when asking a negative question, such as 
Gefällt es dir nicht? (Don't you like it?) 
you could simply say "Nein." if you agree. 
If you disagree, you cannot say "Ja.", because the answer is not clear enough. 
Therefore you will have to use the word "doch". 

Gefällt es dir nicht? - Doch, es gefällt mir.