expressed as follows (the glosses use the abbreviations NOM = nominative case, DAT = dative case, PRES = present screeve): This sentence could also occur with the constituent order subject – verb – direct object – indirect object. Since the verb encodes information about all these arguments, any of them can always be dropped (see pro-drop, null subject). It is not uncommon for pronoun arguments to be dropped. Questions Yes/No questions The only way in which an utterance is marked as a yes/no question is by altering the intonation of a statement sentence: the pitch rises towards the end of the sentence. For example: Chemtan ertad moxval, 'you will come with me' Chemtan ertad moxval?, 'will you come with me?' Tag questions Those tag questions which expect an affirmative answer may employ the particle xom in second position within the sentence. Comparing statement, yes/no question, and tag question expecting an affirmative answer: Dghes k'argi amindia, 'The weather is good today' Dghes k'argi amindia?, 'is the weather good today?' Dghes xom k'argi amindia?, 'the weather is good today, isn't it?' These sentences contain an -a suffixed to the word amindi 'weather'. It is a reduced form of the verb aris, 'is'. The tag question in Georgian does not include any of the three recognized negative particles (see subsection, "Negation"); the particle xom by itself conveys the meaning. However, if the answer expected is negative, then a negative particle and the full form aris are added right after xom: Dghes xom ar aris k'argi amindi?, 'the weather is not good today, is it?' There is a particle, tu, which can be used to make a question more polite. The particle tu has many meanings in Georgian; in this context it cannot be exactly translated to English. Compare: Chai ginda?, 'do you want some tea?' Chai tu ginda?, 'would you like some tea?' Interrogatives Interrogative adjectives and interrogative pronouns are declined differently. An example of an interrogative adjective in English is which, as in "which city do you like the most?", while an example of an interrogative pronoun which is in the sentence "which (one) will you take?". Interrogative pronouns in questions have a strict word order: they appear immediately pre-verbally. For example: sad ts'avida nino? where went Nino 'Where did Nino go?' Some interrogative pronouns in Georgian are: Negation There are three kinds of negation particles in Georgian: ar, 'not', ver, 'cannot',