
On Monday this week, I talked about adding “も / mo” or “でも / demo” after a question word but today I will talk about adding “か / ka” to a question word to add the meaning of “some”.
Read the examples below to see what I mean.
Question word |
Question Sentence |
Sentence with “ka” |
what |
なにをたべますか。 nani wo tabemasuka What do you eat? |
なにかたべましょう。 nanika tabemashou Let’s eat something. |
which |
どちらがすきですか。 dochira ga sukidesuka Which do you like? |
どちらかえらびましょう。 dochiraka erabimashou Let’s choose one. |
who |
だれがきますか。 dare ga kimasuka Who is coming. |
だれかがきます。 dareka ga kimasu Somebody is coming. |
where |
どこにいきますか。 doko ni ikimasuka Where are you going? |
どこかにいきましょう。 dokoka ni ikimashou Let’s go somewhere. |
when |
いついきますか。 itsu ikimasuka When are we going? |
いつかいきましょう。 itsuka ikimashou Let’s go some time. |