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Interrogative adverbs
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The main function of the interrogative adverbs is to introduce "question-word" questions. They stand at the beginning of a sentence.
They are categorized according to their meaning and belong to the aforementioned adverbial groups (adverbs of time, cause, manner and place).
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| interrogative adverbs of time | wann, wie lange, wie oft etc. |
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| interrogative adverbs of cause | warum, weshalb, weswegen, wieso etc. |
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| interrogative adverbs of manner | wie etc. |
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| interrogative adverbs of place | wo, wohin, woher etc. |
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| interrogative prepositional adverbs | worüber, wofür, wonach etc. |