Anonymous said:
why did we come here ?
did is used to make introgative sentence.
why we came here i?s it correct sentence ?
what's the difference between these two sentences
1) Statement: We
came here.
2) Question: Why
did we
come here?
In 1), the verb "came" is in the past tense, and in 2), the verb "come" is in the present tense because the auxiliary "did" carries the past tense:
Present tense: come, do
Past tense: came, did
Question formation
Step 1
Input: We came here.
Step 2
WH-insertion: Why we came here?
Step 3
DO-insertion: Why
do we came here?
Step 4
Tense transfer: Why
did we
come here?
Step 5
Output: Why did we come here?
The first verb always carries the tense: "did" carries the past tense and "came" becomes "come".
Hope that helped.
