1.2 WH-INTERROGATIVE CLAUSE 1.2 WH-INTERROGATIVE CLAUSE

2.2.1.2 Wh-interrogative clause

Wh-interrogative clause is also combined main clause by who, which, that…

and is direct object of sentence.

Ex: The commission has decided when the new national park will be opened.

Hội đồng đã quyết định khi nào thì mở cửa công viên quốc gia.

(Lê Đình Bì - Phương pháp dịch báo chí tiếng Anh)

―Wh-interrogative‖ clause has also origin from direct and indirect speech.

Ex: My friend asks me when my father will come back.

Bạn tôi hỏi tôi xem chừng nào cha tôi trở về.

(forum.infoworldschool.com)

―Wh-interrogative clause‖ as direct object can be in initial of sentence of

purpose emphasizes.

Ex: Where she is living I don‘t know.

Tôi không biết cô ấy ở đâu.

(forum.infoworldschool.com)

―Wh-interrogative‖ clauses have question meaning. Writers used the

Vietnamese equivalence of Wh-question as ―khi nào‖, ―chừng nào‖, ―khi nào‖,

―ở đâu‖, ―cái gì‖, ―tại sao‖… The target language translated follows closely with

structure of sentence.