N5Lesson 26 of 435 min

Question words

What, who, where, when, why and how, plus the counting question 何.

A question word slots into the same position the answer would occupy. Nothing reorders, which makes questions easier to build here than in English.

Japanese	Reading	Devanagari	Meaning
何	なに / なん	नानि / नान	what
誰	だれ	दारे	who
どこ		दोको	where
いつ		इत्सु	when
どうして / なぜ		दोउशिते / नाज़े	why
どう		दोउ	how
どれ / どの		दोरे / दोनो	which
いくら		इकुरा	how much (price)
いくつ		इकुत्सु	how many