Japanese

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

Word	何なん nan
Meaning	what
Part of speech	pronoun
Pronunciation

What is it?	何なん　です　か？ nan desu ka?
how many people	何なん人にん nannin
how many times	何なん回かい nankai
how many years old	何なん歳さい nansai
what time	何なん時じ nanzi
What is (your) name?	お名な前まえ　は　何なん　です　か？ onamae ha nan desu ka?
What are the names of your father's older sister and older brother?	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 ha nan desu ka?
thousands	何なん千ぜん nanzen
what day (of the month); how many days	何なん日にち nanniti
how, what^{Literally: what with}	何なんと nanto
what day (of the week)	何なん曜よう日び nanyoubi
what year	何なん年ねん nannen
how many hours	何なん時じ間かん nanzikan
"What did you eat for breakfast?" "I had some bread and yoghurt and such."	「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 ha nani wo tabeta ka?」「pan ya yooguruto nado tabeta.」

Japanese

nan

Breakdown of nan

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Usages of nan

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