Making Questions with か

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Making questions か

Making questions in Japanese is easy! -- REALLY! Usually you can change a statement into a question by just adding a か ka to the end!


アメリカ人　です。
amerikajin desu.
I am an American.

Now add a か


アメリカ人　です　か。
amerikajin desu ka.
Are you an American?

MAIN POINTS:

bullet ka is added to the end of statements
bullet Word order is not changed as in English
bullet In Japanese (see right example) the ? (Question mark) is not required (optional)
bullet Just like in English, the last syllable goes up in intonation
bullet In spoken Japanese sometimes the ka can be dropped if you raise your voice at the end as we do with "You want to eat?". But for now, let's stick to using the ka

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then how to explain "Am I an

Submitted by teacherlau on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 17:59.

then how to explain "Am I an American?"

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I'd say 私はアメリカ人ですか -- 私 (わたし)

Submitted by astaroth on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 21:56.

I'd say 私はアメリカ人ですか -- 私 (わたし) is the (polite) I pronoun.

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