Learn Japanese - Lesson 5: Japanese Questions

Objective: To learn to ask questions in Japanese.

Key Words

か = question marker

[ka]

Grammar

か is used at the end of a question sentence.

Sentence + ですか？= Sentence?

[sentence + ka]

New Vocabulary

Japanese Adjectives

びょうき = sick; ill

[byouki]

だいじょうぶ = alright; safe

[daijoubu]

おもしろい = interesting

[omoshiroi]

たかい = expensive

[takai]

げんき = (doing) well

[genki]

Examples

あなたはげんきですか？ = Are you well?

[anata wa genki desuka]

あれはいえですか？ = Is that (over there) a house?

[are wa ie desuka]

Practice

Write the following sentences in Japanese using Hiragana and Katakana.

  1. Are you ill?
  2. Is this fun?
  3. Is that (over there) a dog?
  4. Are you alright?
  5. Is that very interesting?

Translate the following Japanese sentences to English.

  1. あなたはげんきですか？
  2. それはねこですか？
  3. これはとてもたかいですか？
  4. あれはひとですか？
  5. これはただしいですか？

Review

Write the following sentences in Hiragana

  1. Good afternoon!
  2. This is a pencil.
  3. You are clever.
  4. Thank you.
  5. Is that (over there) a bird?
  6. That is correct.

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