Interrogative pronouns
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Who? What?
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m
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How?
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mi-m
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Why?
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Hr-m
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What? Which?
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ptr
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What? (for things)
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ix
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What?
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iSst
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Which? Which one?
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sy
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Who?
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in-m
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Where?
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tn, Tn
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Who? What?
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pty
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Examples:
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Who are you?
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Twt m
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What is your name?
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ptr rn.k
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Who is the one who knows like Ra?
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pty rx mi Ra
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What are you doing?
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iry.k m
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Why do you not row?
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tmt Xn Hr-m
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Where are you?
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wn.k tn
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What have you done for him?
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ir.k n.f iSst
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Which one are you?
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ntk sy
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As you can see from the above examples, the ancient Egyptian normally prefers to place the interrogative pronoun at the end of sentence, except (in-m, ptr, pty) which is at the begining of a sentence as a logical predicate.
Interrogative made by using the word in
and 
in iw
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Is this scale?
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in mxAt pw
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Are you a maid-servant?
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in iw ntt Hmt
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