I put together the 6 words that are probably the most important words to use for forming questions in Japanese. They are "Who, What, Where, When, Why & How Much". Practice these like crazy.
Notice on "Doushite" I have the phonetic spelling as "Doh-shtay"..that's because the "i" is practically silent.
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Dare
(dah-ray): Who Dare desu ka? Who is it? |
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Nan
(nahn): What Nan desu ka? What is it? |
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Doko
(doh-koh): Where (Hon) wa doko ni arimasu ka? Where is the (book)? |
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Itsu
(eetsoo): When Tanjoubi wa itsu desu ka? When is your Birthday? |
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Doushite
(doh-shtay): Why Doushite sushi ga suki desu ka? Why do you like Sushi? |
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Ikura
(eekoorah): How Much kore wa ikura desu ka? How much is this? |
Now...using the Hirigana alphabet provided can you write out the following sentences completely in Hirigana?:
1) Dare desu ka?
2) Nan desu ka?
3) Hon wa doko ni arimasu ka?*
4) Tanjoubi wa itsu desu ka?*
5) Doushite sushi ga suki desu ka?
6) Kore wa ikura desu ka?*
* Why did I make the "wa" bold? Because you may think when writing out this sentence that you should use the actual Hirigana symbol for "wa"...however, in Japanese,when "wa" is used as a particle or connector word it is written as "ha". So use the symbol "ha" instead of "wa" when writing these sentences.
Come back later and I'll post the solutions.