Japanese Vocabulary: Particle か

Japanese Vocabulary: Particle か

Let’s check the vocabulary in the Japanese particle か.

か as a question marker:

Sample 1:

Japanese	Romaji	English
おなまえ (お名前)	Onamae	Name
は	Ha (read as wa)	Topic particle
なん (何)	Nan (the Kanji何 is read as Nani )	What
です	desu	Verb ‘to be’
か	Ka	Question marker

Sample 2:

Japanese	Romaji	English
さん	San	Ms. or Mrs. or Ma’am (Japanese honorific)
の	No	Japanese particle
たんじょうび (誕生日)	Tanjoubi	Birthday
は	Ha (read as wa)	Topic particle
いつ	Itsu	When
です	desu	Verb ‘to be’
か	Ka	Question marker

Sample 3:

Japanese	Romaji	English
にほんご (日本語)	Nihongo	Japanese language
を	Wo	Japanese particle
べんきょう (勉強)	Benkyou	To study
しています	Shiteimasu	Verb ‘to do’
か	Ka	Question marker

か used as to make choices:

Sample 1:

Japanese	Romaji	English
リンゴ	Ringo	Apple
か	Ka	Particle to make choices
マンゴー	Mango	Mango
どっち	Docchi	Which
に	Ni	Japanese particle
すき (好き)	Suki	Like

Sample 2:

Japanese	Romaji	English
できる (出来る)	Dekiru	Can do
か	Ka	Particle to make choices
できない (出来ない)	Dekinai	Cannot do
きめて (決めて)	Kimete	To decide
ください	Kudasai	Please

Sample 3:

Japanese	Romaji	English
あした (明日)	Ashita	Tomorrow
の	No	Japanese particle
かいぎ (会議)	Kaigi	Meeting
に	Ni	Japanese particle
いく (行く)	Iku	To go
か	Ka	Particle to make choices
どうか	Douka	Somehow / how
わかりません (分かりません)	Wakarimasen	I don’t understand

   

か as an indefinite pronoun.

Japanese	Romaji	English
だれか (誰か)	Dareka	Someone
が	Ga	Japanese particle
ここ	Koko	Here
に	Ni	Japanese particle
いる	Iru	Verb ‘to exist’
と	To	Japanese particle
おもいます (思います)	Omoimasu	To think
なにか (何か)	Nanika	Something
ほしい (欲しい)	Hoshii	Need or want
です	desu	Verb ‘to be’
か	Ka	Question marker
らいねん (来年)	Rainen	Next year
いつか	Itsuka	Sometime
にほん (日本)	Nihon	Japan
に	Ni	Japanese particle
いきます (行きます)	Ikimasu	To go
どこか	Dokoka	Somewhere
どういうわけか	Dou iu wake ka	Somehow
わたし (私)	Watashi	Japanese pronoun ‘I’
は	Ha	Japanese particle
あなた	Anata	Japanese pronoun ‘You’
を	Wo	Japanese particle
みつけます (見つけます)	Mitsukemasu	To find

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