Sunday, May 13, 2012

Japanese 101 - Questions Words 1

Second to last lesson for today.

So, in Japanese, the question words that I am aware are of are:
  • Where - Doko - どこ
  • How - Dou - どう
  • Why - Naze - なぜ
  • Why - Doshite - どして
  • What - Nani - なに - 何
  • What - Nan - なん - 何
  • Who - Dare - だれ


Some Examples:
(Remember, this is polite Japanese)

Where do you live?
Doko ni Sunde imasu ka?
どこ に すんで います か?

What Country do you live in/are from?
Doko kara kimashita ka?
どこ から きました か?

Where is [BLANK]?
[BLANK] ha doko desu ka?
[BLANK] は どこ です か?

What is This/That/That Over there?
Kore/Sore/Are wa nan desu ka?
これ/それ/あれ はなんですか?

How was it?
Dou desu ka?
どう です か?

When answering, simply replace the question word with the answer. This will suffice most of the time

I'm not going to give you every possible combination, because that would take up a lot of time to type, and frankly, I don't have that much time. Figure out new combinations of questions. I would recommend looking at vocabulary lists for more words to use.

Particles are important for this, learn them.

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