📅 Created: 26 May, 2023
🔄 Updated: 30 Nov, 2025

Can anybody tell me. ?

Explanation

“Can anybody tell me”–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ – “āϏ⧇ āĻ•āϤ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤â€ āχāĻ‚āϰāĻŋāϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (direct question) āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (indirect question / embedded question)–āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

ā§§. āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ (direct question)verb–subject inversion āĻšā§Ÿ:
āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ, “How tall does she look?”
āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “does she look”–āĻ “does” āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ “she”–āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĨ¤

⧍. āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ “Can anybody tell me â€Ļ”–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ (indirect) āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ inversion āĻŽā§‡āύ⧇ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ subject–verb inversion āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ statement-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋āχ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ:
subject + verb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ:
– I wonder where he went.
– Please tell me what he wants.
āĻ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ “tell me”–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ “subject + verb” āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāχ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

ā§Š. āϤāĻžāχ “Can anybody tell me how tall she looks?” āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡â€“
– “how tall” = āĻ•āϤ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž,
– “she” = āϏ⧇,
– “looks” = āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ (āϞāĻžāϗ⧇)
Subject (“she”) āĻ“ verb (“looks”)–āĻāϰ āφāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤

ā§Ē. āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•:
– “how tall does she look?” → direct question-āĻāϰ inversion, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āĻ¨â€“āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĨ¤
– “how tall she is begin?” → “begin” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤
– “how tall is she looking?” → continuous tense āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ “looking” āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāύāϏāχ āύ⧟, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ “look” āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇, continuous tense āύ⧟āĨ¤

āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ:
“Can anybody tell me”–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ subject–verb āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ “how tall she looks” āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤