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Japanese Lesson 37: Interrogative Sentences part 2
Vocabulary
When: Itsu: いつ: 何時
Itsu can also be read "nan ji" or "nan toki" and literally means "what time"... You want to use "itsu" when asking when something is, and "nan ji" for "what time (is it)" .... and "nan toki" you may not hear often enough to be bothered with... but I suppose you can still keep your ears open for it
Who: Dare: だれ: 誰
What: Nani: なに: 何
Nani will actually be pronounced "nan" much more often than it will be pronounced "nani". "nani" is more of a "what?" like a "what did you say?" or "what?" like when someone walks up to you and you know they want something, or when asking what someone is doing. and "nan" is for everything else "what is that?" "what color is it?"
What color: Nanshoku: なんしょく: 何色
Examples will be much better at explaining this I think.
Sentences
What color is the dress?
Doresu wa nanshoku desu ka?
ドレス は なんしょく です か。
ドレスは何色ですか。
Who are you?
Anata wa dare desu ka?
あなた は だれ です か。
あなたは誰ですか。
Alternately:
Dare desu ka?
だれ です か。
誰ですか。
(remember you want to avoid pronouns as much as possible in Japanese)
What?
Nani ka?
なに か。
何か。
Alternately:
Nani?
なに。
何。
When is it?
Itsu desu ka?
いつ です か。
何時ですか。
What color is the skirt?
Suka-to wa nanshoku desu ka?
スカート は なんしょく です か。
スカートは何色ですか。
When?
Itsu desu ka?
いつ です か。
何時ですか。
Who is she?
Kanojo wa dare desu ka?
かのじょ は だれ です か。
彼女は誰ですか。
What is it?
Nan desu ka?
なん です か。
何ですか。
Who am I?
Watashi wa dare desu ka?
わたし は だれ です か。
私は誰ですか。
Alternately:
Watashi wa dare da?
わたし は だれ だ。
私は誰だ。
What color is the shirt?
Shatsu wa nanshoku desu ka?
シャツ は なんしょく です か。
シャツは何色ですか。
How'd you do? :)
Not too bad I hope.
See you next time!
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Thank you very much again! BTW, your Jibun lesson really helped me, just got through reading it!