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<p>
	In Japanese, you can turn a sentence into a question by adding the question particle <strong>か</strong> to the end of the sentence.
</p>

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<p>
	The word <strong>何</strong> is pronounced either as <strong>nan</strong> or as <strong>nani</strong> in Japanese.
	You will get a feeling for when to use which pronunciation soon, but in case you want to know, <strong>nan</strong> is used before <strong>desu</strong> and before <strong>counters</strong>, about which you will learn more later.
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<p>
	The most common ways to say <strong>yes</strong> in Japanese are <strong>はい</strong> and <strong>ええ</strong>.
	<strong>はい</strong> is more formal than <strong>ええ</strong>, and can also be used in response to someone calling your name and in response to someone knocking on your door.
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The question particle か

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

adjectival noun

adverbial phrase

adjectival phrase

The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

Reading exercise 2

Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

The possession particle の

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The subject particle が

Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

Group 2 verbs

Hiragana 4

Verbs in the past tense

Negating verbs

Invitations and the particle と

Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

The group 3 verbs する and 来る

The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Conjugating い-adjectives

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

The particle も

The word ちょっと

Reading exercise 7

Katakana 1

Question	Answer
what	何なんnan
what	何なにnani
What?	何なに？nani?
question particle	かka
What is it?	何なん　です　か？nan desu ka?
What is this?	これ　は　何なん　です　か？kore ha nan desu ka?
Is this a book?	これ　は　本ほん　です　か？kore ha hon desu ka?
yes	ええee
Yes, it's a book.	ええ、　本ほん　です。ee, hon desu.
mouth	口くちkuti
Is that a mouth?	それ　は　口くち　です　か？sore ha kuti desu ka?
yes	はいhai
Yes, it's a mouth.	はい、　口くち　です。hai, kuti desu.
What is that over there?	あれ　は　何なん　です　か？are ha nan desu ka?
moon; month	月つきtuki
That over there is the moon.	あれ　は　月つき　です。are ha tuki desu.
which (one)	どれdore
Which one is it?	どれ　です　か？dore desu ka?
It's this one.	これ　です。kore desu.

Japanese 11 - The question particle か

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