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Chart 1: Interrogatives & Modifying Suffices
(These are one word. Any
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か |
も
(pos)
SEE: note below |
も (neg) |
にも
(neg)
に
means to. |
でも (pos) |
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何処
どこ
unknown place;
where |
何処 か
どこか
someplace |
何処 も
どこも
all places
every place
everywhere
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何処 も
......ない
どこも ......ない
not all places
nowhere
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何処にも----ない
どこ
にも----ない
not
(to) anywhere
(to) nowhere
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何処でも
どこでも
anywhere
wherever
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どこまで
&
どこから
unknown
destination
& origin |
NM |
NM |
NM |
NM |
NM |
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何
なに
unknown thing;
what |
何か
なにか or
なんか
something
See: note |
not generally used |
何も.......ない
なにも.......ない
not "all things"
nothing |
NM |
なんでも
anything,
Whatever
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何れ
どれ
unknown choice
(3 or
more)which |
NM |
doremo
all
the choices
See
note below.
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doremo...nai
Not "all of
the choices"
None
of the choices
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NM |
どちらでも
whichever choice,
any
choice; &
whichever way
anyway
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何方
どちら
unknown choice of 2
or unknown direction;
which / which way |
NM |
dochiramo
both
choices / directions
ALSO: both; either; any; all; every |
dochira mo ...nai
Not "both
of the choices"
Neither of the choices
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NM |
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誰か
だれ
unknown person;
who |
誰か
だれか
someone |
誰も
だれも
everyone
ALSO: anyone
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誰も.......ない
だれも.......ない
not
anyone,
no one |
だれにでも
between us,
anybody and everybody; with the best of them; as the next fellow
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誰も
でも
だれ
でも
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever |
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何時
いつ
unknown time;
when |
何時
か
いつ
か
sometime
Note:
sometime. No "s" at
the end. |
何時 も
Usually kana: いつ も
every time
always |
何時 も.....ない
いつ
も.....ない
never
Conceptually:
"usually don't" but perhaps not used this way. |
NM |
何時 でも
いつ でも
(at) any time; always; at all
times; whenever |
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何回
なんかい
unknown # of
times;
how many times?
Also: Has a "how often
feel" See note below. |
何回 か
なんか
いか
a
few times |
何回 も
なんかい も
time and time again
Also: "over
and over" |
NM |
NM |
NM |
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何度
なんど
unknown # of
times;
how many times? |
何度 か
なんど か
several times; many times
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何度
も
なんど
も
many times over; often |
NM
Note:
ichidomo means "never" see not below. |
NM |
何度 でも
なんど でも
any number of times |
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幾つ
いくつ
usually kana only
unknown
amount of "tsu"
how many, |
幾 |
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幾ら
ikura
how much; how many |
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幾日
いくにち
unknown number of
days what day (of
month)? |
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Notes:
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One note about the chart. Native speaker will might hear
you say or try to use "dokomo" not in a negative sentence and
say that is not right. This is because 99.999% of the time
it is used that what and if you wouldn't want to use it that way
there is a easier and perhaps better choice of word to use.
That said "dokomo" means everywhere even if most people never
use it that way.
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何か mean something and is generally kanji. It
is also slang for "things like ...; or something like that ...
(often derogatory) " and if written is in kana - なんか. As
in "Mou iiwake nanka kikitakunai ne. (I don't want
to hear another ?%^% excuse - ne! - you go that!" or "nanka ii
kuruma jyanai. (that's some car you have...not!) .
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"mo" completely negates unknown place
hence meaning everywhere.
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どれもこれも means each and every;
all
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Kai and Do are counter.
Henne Nankai and Nando and "counter questions" and have the
feel of frequency. Prefixes ar as follow:
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Kai |
Do |
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Nan
question
marker |
nankai
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how many times?
*
how many times in a specific time frame. i.e.
isshuukan ni..... Hence, a "how often feel" |
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sho |
Shokai -
first time |
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sen
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Sen Kai -
last time |
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ji |
Ji kain -
next time |
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every
time |
Mai kai -
every time |
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one more time |
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mouich do - one more time |
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ichi....mo |
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ichido mo - never. Lit. "not
one time" used in negative sentences.
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ni....to |
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nidoto -
never again. Lit. "not a second time.
used in negative sentences. |
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