The interrogative pronouns are used to elicit specific information beyond a simple yes or no answer (which can be elicited simply by employing a rising intonation, as in English). Of these interrogative pronouns, only "man" ‘who’ and "mu" ‘what’ may substitute for either the subject or the object of a verb, obligatorily appearing at the beginning of the interrogative clause. Other interrogatives in Neo-Mandaic include "elyɔ" ‘where,’ "hem" ‘which,’ "hemdɔ" ‘when,’ "kammɔ" ‘how,’ "kaṯkammɔ" ‘how much/many,’ "mojur" ‘how, in what way,’ and "qamu" ‘why.’