Questions and Answers

Subject Particle Interrogative Verb Question
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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 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
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
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

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