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Interrogatives: Forming Questions in Japanese and the か Particle

elementary #16
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

Hey! How’s your day going so far? Awesome. What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream? No way! That’s my favorite flavor too! Do you wanna go get ice cream right now? Great, I call shotgun!

Aren’t questions great? Don’t you wish you could ask questions in Japanese? Well, today we’re gonna make that happen.


How Do I Ask a Question?

Structure

  • b

    Statement
    Example:
    かれはやさしいです
    ”Is he kind?”

The nice thing about questions in Japanese is that they’re just as easy to spot as they are in English. They’re indicated by either the か particle or a good ol’ question mark. Here’s an example of each:

1.1a

アイスはきです

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