26.1. ‘How?’
| ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ ʔuč. | ‘How is it?’ |
| ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ cxʷ ʔuč. | ‘How are you?’ |
| ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ ʔay̓ cə ʔən̓tán. | ‘How is your mother?’ |
| ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ ʔay̓ či ʔən̓shiyáʔ. | ‘How do you go?’ |
| ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ či ʔən̓shiyáʔ. | ‘How do you go?’ |
| ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ caʔ ʔay̓ či ʔən̓shiyáʔ. | ‘How will you go?’ |
| ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ yaʔ ʔay̓ kʷi ʔən̓shiyáʔ. | ‘How did you go?’ |
► 1 The word ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ is probably familiar to you. You have probably heard ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ cxʷ, which means ‘How are you?’
► 2 The basic meaning of ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ includes ‘some way, manner’ as well as ‘how.’
► 3 The pattern shown in the models is probably also familiar to you. Take a look at the patterns for ‘when?’ questions in §18. The pattern is the same. Only the basic question word is different.
► 4 Just as in other questions, ʔuč may be used instead of ʔay̓, and the sentence would be good without either.
► 5 Just as with the ‘when?’ questions, the subject of the event is indicated with the possessive pronoun.
► 6 Also just as with the ‘when?’ questions, the article či is usually used if the event is in the present or future. The article kʷə or kʷi is usually used if the event is in the past.
► 7 Since ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ is a very commonly used word, the pronunciation of it varies quite a lot. Here are other pronunciations you might encounter in fluent speech: ʔəsx̣ʷan̓íŋ, ʔəsx̣ʷanʔéŋ, ʔəsx̣ʷaʔnéŋ̓, sx̣ʷaʔníŋ̓, ʔəsx̣ʷaʔníŋ̓, sx̣ʷaníŋ, sx̣ʷəníŋ
 | ʔəsx̣ʷəníŋ̓ ʔay̓ cə ʔən̓cáčc. | ‘How is your uncle?’ |
 | txʷaʔx̣ə́ɬ kʷi. | ‘He got hurt.’ |
| ʔaʔstúʔŋət ʔay̓. | ‘What happened?’ |
| šč̓ə́təŋ ʔaʔ kʷi qaʔqtəmús. | ‘He was hit by a ball.’ |