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Learn Japanese: nan - what

Japanese
/The question particle か
/nan

nan

nan

Breakdown of nan

By asking what, a person investigates the possible.

Usages of nan

何なん　です　か。nan desu ka.

何なん人にんnannin

how many people

何なん回かいnankai

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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

さい

nansai

how many years old

何なん時じnanji

お名な前まえ　は　何なん　です　か。onamae wa nan desu ka.

What is (your) name?

あなた　の　お父とうさん　の　お姉ねえさん　と　お兄にいさん　の　名な前まえ　は　何なん　です　か。anata no otousan no oneesan to oniisan no namae wa nan desu ka.

What are the names of your father's older sister and older brother?

何なん千ぜんnanzen

何なん日にちnannichi

what day (of the month); how many days

何なんとnanto

how; what; (what with)

何なん曜よう日びnanyoubi

what day (of the week)

何なん年ねんnannen

何なん時じ間かんnanjikan

「朝あさご飯はん　は　何なに　を　食たべた　か？」　「パン　や　ヨーグルト　など　食たべた。」「asagohan wa nani o tabeta ka?」「pan ya yooguruto nado tabeta.」

"What did you eat for breakfast?" "I had some bread and yoghurt and such."

「プラン　は　何なん　です　か。」　「考かんがえて　います。」「puran wa nan desu ka.」「kangaete imasu.」

"What's the plan?" "I'm thinking about it."

あなた　の　電でん話わ番ばん号ごう　は　何なん　です　か。anata no denwabangou wa nan desu ka.

What is your phone number?

X　は　何なん　の　意い味み　です　か。X wa nan no imi desu ka.

What does X mean?

会かい社しゃ　の　名な前まえ　は　何なん　です　か。kaisha no namae wa nan desu ka.

What is the name of the company?

そちら　は　何なん　です　か。sochira wa nan desu ka.

何なん階かいnankai

何なん　に　します　か。nan ni shimasu ka.

What have you decided on? / What will you have?

作さく文ぶん　の　テーマ　は　何なん　です　か。sakubun no teema wa nan desu ka.

What is the topic of the essay?

この　字じ　の　意い味み　は　何なん　です　か。kono ji no imi wa nan desu ka.

What is the meaning of this character?

この　匂におい　の　原げん因いん　は　何なん　です　か。kono nioi no genin wa nan desu ka.

What is the cause of this odor?

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