Dari indicates interrogative sentences in the following ways:
Some interrogative sentences can be indicated just by tone of the voice, without changing the word order. The interrogation is marked by a high tone level on the final syllable of the last word in the sentence:
"Are you coming tomorrow?" شما فردا می آیید؟
"Did you like it?" خوش تان آمد؟
Another way to form interrogative sentences is to add the particle آیا "if" to the beginning of the sentence. (These kinds of sentences also use the tone of voice mentioned above.)
"Is this book yours (lit. If this…)?" آیا این کتاب از شما است؟
"Is it possible (lit. If is it…)?" آیا این ممکن است؟
In other interrogative sentences, the interrogative construction نه یا "or not" occurs at the end of the sentence. (The stress falls on the particle نه "not".):
"Is this fruit a good one (lit. or it is not)?" این میوه خوب است یا نه؟
"Is there water here (lit. or it is not)?" اینجا آب هست یا نه؟
The particle آیا "if" can be combined with the interrogative construction نه یا "or not":
آیا اینجا در کوه خرس وحشی هست یا نه؟
"Are there any wild bears here in the mountains (lit. or there are not)?"
"Have they come (lit. if they have come or not)?" آیا آمده اند یا نه؟
Some interrogative sentences use of Interrogative words such as: چه "what," کی who," چه وقت "when," کجا "where" :
"What are you doing?" شما جه می کنید؟
"Where is my bag?" بکس من کجا است؟
In sentences containing interrogative words, the stress usually falls on the interrogative word, which rises to the high tone level.
None of these rules are as strict as the rules for English questions, which require a special word order.
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