Japanese Language 「Sentence Structure」 Dōshite and naze are interrogative adverbs used to inquire about a reason or cause. Naze is more formal than dōshite. The phrase no da or no desu (lit., "It is that..."), placed at the end of a sentence is used as a convention for offering a reason or explanation-or, in the case of no desu followed by the question marker ka, for asking for a reason or cause. In ordinary, plain style speech, us no (ex., 4), in both declarative statements and questions. Examples: 「Q」 なぜ授業に遅れたのですか。 Naze jugyō ni okureta no desu ka. Why were you late for class? 「A」 目覚まし時計が鳴らなかったのです。 Mezamashi dokei ga naranakatta no desu. My alarm clock didn't go off. 「Q」 何を読んでいるんですか。 Nani o yonde iru n desu ka. What are you reading? 「A」 探偵小説を読んでいるんです。とてもおもしろいんですよ。 Tantei shōsetsu o yonde iru n desu. Totemo omoshiroi n desu yo. I'm reading a detective novel. It's very interesting. 「Q」 どうしてゆうべ来なかったんだ。 Dōshite yūbe konakatta n da. Why didn't you come last night? 「A」 息子が急に病気になったんだ。 Musuko ga kyū ni byōki ni natta n da. My son suddenly got ill. 「Q」 康子さん、どうして食べないの。 Yasuko-san, dōshite tabenai no. Yasuko, why don't you eat? 「A」 おいしくないの。 Oishiku nai no. (The food) doesn't taste good. Hope this helps! じゃまたね! °˖ ✧◝(○ ヮ ○)◜✧˖ °こゆうきあいはら°˖ ✧◝(○ ヮ ○)◜✧˖ °
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorKoyuuki Aihara Archives
March 2021
Categories |