Editing Isan language (section)

===Questions and answers===
Unlike [[English language|English]], which indicates questions by a rising tone, or [[Spanish language|Spanish]], which changes the order of the sentences to achieve the same result, Isan uses question-tag words. The use of question words makes use of the question mark (?) redundant in Isan.

General yes/no questions end in {{Wikt-lang|tts|บ่}} (same as บ่, "no, not").
* สบายดีบ่ (sabai di bo) {{IPA|/sȁʔ.bàːj dìː bɔ́ː/}} ''Are you well?''

Other question words
* {{Wikt-lang|tts|จังใด}} (changdai) {{IPA|/tɕàŋ.dàj/}} or {{Wikt-lang|tts|หยัง}} (yang) /ɲǎŋ/ เฮ็ดจั่งใด (het changdai) {{IPA|/hèt tɕàŋ.dàj/}} ''What are you doing?''
* {{Wikt-lang|tts|ใผ}} (phai) {{IPA|/pʰǎj/}} ใผขายไข่ไก่ (phai khai khai kai) {{IPA|/pʰǎj kʰǎːj kʰāj káj/}} ''Who sells chicken eggs?''
* {{Wikt-lang|tts|ใส}} (sai) {{IPA|/sǎj/}} ''Where?'' ห้องน้ำอยู่ใส (hong nam yu sai) /hɔ̀ŋ nȁːm júː sǎj/ ''Where is the toilet?''
* {{Wikt-lang|tts|อันใด}} (andai) {{IPA|/ʔàn.dàj/}} ''Which?'' เจ้าได้กินอันใด (chao dai kin andai) {{IPA|/tɕâw dâj kìn ʔàn.dàj/}} ''Which one did you eat?''
* {{Wikt-lang|tts|จัก}} (chak) {{IPA|/tɕǎk/}} ''How many?'' อายุจักปี (ayu chak pi) {{IPA|/ʔàː.ɲùʔ tɕǎk pìː/}} ''How old are you?''
* {{Wikt-lang|tts|ท่อใด}} (thodai) {{IPA|/tʰɔ̄ː.dàj/}} ''How much?'' ควายตัวบทท่อใด (khwai tua bot thodai) {{IPA|/kʰwáj tùa bǒt tʰɔ̄ː.dàj/}} ''How much is that buffalo over there?''
* แม่นบ่ (maen bo) {{IPA|/mɛ̄n bɔ́ː/}} ''Right?, Is it?'' เต่าไวแม่นบ่ (Tao vai maen bo) {{IPA|/táw wâj mɛ̄n bɔ́ː/}} ''Turtles are fast, right?''
* แล้วบ่ (laew bo) {{IPA|/lɛ̂ːw bɔ́ː/}} ''Yet?, Already?'' เขากลับบ้านแล้วบ่ (khao kap laew bo) {{IPA|/kʰǎw kǎp bâːn lɛ̏ːw bɔ́ː/}} ''Did he go home already?''
* หรือบ่ (rue bo) {{IPA|/lɯ̌ː bɔ́ː/}} ''Or not?'' เจ้าหิวข้าวหรือบ่ (chao hio khao rue bo) {{IPA|/tɕâw hǐw kʰàw lɯ̌ː bɔ́ː}}/ ''Are you hungry or not?''

Answers to questions usually just involve repetition of the verb and any nouns for clarification.
* Question: สบายดีบ่ (sabai di bo) {{IPA|/sȁʔ.bàːj dìː bɔ́ː/}} ''Are you well?''
* Response: สบายดี (sabai di) {{IPA|/sȁʔ.bàːj dìː/}} ''I am well'' or บ่สบาย (bo sabai) {{IPA|/bɔ́ː sȁʔ.bàːj/}} ''I am not well''.

Words asked with a negative can be confusing and should be avoided. The response, even though without the negation, will still be negated due to the nature of the question.
* Question: บ่สบายบ่ (bo sabai bo) {{IPA|/bɔ́ː sáʔ.bàːj bɔ́ː/}} ''Are you not well?''
* Response: สบาย (sabai) {{IPA|/sȁʔ.bāːj/}} ''I am not well'' or บ่สบาย (bo sabai) {{IPA|/bɔ́ː sáʔ.bàːj/}} ''I am well.''