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"Which way is south?"
Translation:南はどっちですか?
July 11, 2017
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ArtBurnap
1413
The focus must be on the key question word in a question, so it must either follow は, which marks the topic / already known information ( 南 は どっちですか) or followed by が, which marks the subject of the comment / new information ( どっち が 南ですか) .
LunaAVL
187
こっち - this way (close to speaker) そっち - that way (close to listener) あっち - over that way (away from both speaker and listener) どっち - which way (part of a question)