12.3. ‘Do what?’ and ‘Say what?’
| ʔaʔstúʔŋət cxʷ ʔuč. | ‘What are you doing?’ |
| ʔínət cxʷ ʔuč. | ‘What did you say?’ |
► 1 Unlike English, Klallam has special words for asking ‘what’ someone is doing and ‘what’ someone says.
► 2 As with the other ‘what’ and ‘who’ questions, the little word ʔuč follows the subject. The little word ʔay̓ may be used instead. And both are optional. So all of the following are okay, too:
ʔaʔstúʔŋət cxʷ ʔay̓. ‘What are you doing?’
ʔínət cxʷ ʔay̓. ‘What did you say?
ʔaʔstúʔŋət cxʷ. ‘What are you doing?’
ʔínət cxʷ. ‘What did you say?
► 3 The word ʔaʔstúʔŋət will be seen again in a later section on how ‘Why?’ questions are formed.
► 4 The word ʔínət also can be translated ‘mean.’ So ʔínət cxʷ can also be translated as ‘what do you mean?’
► 5 The word ʔínət is often pronounced ʔínnt with a long n.
 | ʔaʔstúʔŋət cxʷ ʔuč, siʔám̓. | ‘What are you doing, sir?’ |
 | ʔéʔɬən̓ cn kʷi. | ‘I’m eating.’ |
| ʔínət cxʷ ʔuč. | ‘What did you say?’ |
| ʔéʔɬən̓ cn! | ‘I’m eating!’ |