N5

Questions with か

Turn simple statements into polite questions by adding か at the end.

Recognize か as a common polite question markerRead yes/no questions at the N5 levelRespond simply with はい or いいえ patterns

Guided study

Making a question

At the beginner level, you can often turn a statement into a polite question by placing か at the end. Intonation also matters in speech, but in writing か gives a clear signal.

これはペンですか。

Is this a pen?

The final か marks this line as a polite question.

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たなかさんはせんせいですか。

Is Tanaka a teacher?

Another yes/no question ending in か.

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