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Questions しつもん: where, what, when, who, which, why, how | |||||||||
Example #1: where is the barber shop? | とこやはどこですか | ||||||||
uchi otearai ko ban panya denkiya rihatsuya / tokoya nikuya sushiya mise |
うち おてあらい こうばん ぱんゃ でんきや りはつや・とこや にくや すしや みせ |
wa | は | doko nan(i) itsu dare dore naze / doshite do / ikaga dochi(ra) |
どこ なん(い) いつ だれ どれ なぜ・どうして どう どち(ら) |
desu | です | ka | か |
Example #2: which shop is the bakery? | どのみせはぱんやですか | dono and donna need an object. Example: Which house, what kind of house? - dono uchi, donna uchi どのうち、どんなうち |
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Example #3: what kind of shop is this shop? | このみせはどんなみせですか | ||||||||
Answers へんじ・こたえ | |||||||||
Example #1: my house is over there | わたしのうちはあそこです | ||||||||
kono / sono / ano uchi | この・その・あのうち | wa ga |
は が |
koko, soko, asoko kore, sore, are ko, so, aa |
ここ・そこ・あそこ これ・それ・あれ こう・そう・ああ |
desu | です | ||
Example #2: that shop is a bakery | あのみせはぱんやです | ||||||||
Example #3: this kind of shop is a butcher | こんなみせはにくやです |