Ask who, what, where, and when

Build short written questions without English-style inversion.

Question words

ვინ = who; რა = what; სად = where; როდის = when; როგორ = how. A yes/no question can keep statement word order and add question intonation/punctuation.

შენ აქ ცხოვრობ?

Do you live here?

Ready questions

სად ცხოვრობ? = Where do you live? როდის მუშაობ? = When do you work? ვინ არის? = Who is it? როგორ ხარ? = How are you? Here ხარ means are (you).

სად არის წიგნი?

Where is the book?

A case-sensitive what

რა არის? asks What is it? რას კითხულობ? asks What are you reading? The object question word here is რას, with the dative ending.

შენ რას კითხულობ?

What are you reading?