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
Course	Japanese
Lesson	The question particle か

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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