1.10 Simple Questions

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Overview

Learn how to form questions in Japanese using the particle か and basic question words like “what”, “who”, and “when”.

Japanese questions are formed by adding the particle か to the end of a sentence. The word order does not change.

Statement:

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This is a book.

Question:

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Is this a book?

Question words like “what”, “who”, and “when” replace the unknown part of the sentence. The rest of the sentence stays the same.

Answers often repeat the sentence structure. Topics are frequently omitted in answers when they are clear from the question.

Is this a book? Yes, it is.

What is this? It’s water.

Who is that person? It’s Yamada.

When is it? It’s tomorrow.

Title	Description
か	question marker (turns a statement into a question)
何	“what”
誰	“who”
いつ	“when”

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