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  3. /dou sita ndesu ka.

dou sita ndesu ka.

どう した んです か。dou sita ndesu ka.
What's wrong?; What's happened?
dou sita ndesu ka.
From Lesson 271:Offering explanation with んです·Japanese

Breakdown of dou sita ndesu ka.

かka
question particle
するsuru
to do
どうdou
how; how about; what
The only difference between どう and いかが is that いかが is more polite than どう.
んですndesu
the explanation is that...; it is that....

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