N5
Questions with か
Turn short statements into polite yes/no questions by adding か at the end.
Recognize か as a common question marker at the end of polite sentences.Ask and answer simple yes/no questions.Read the sentence end first when deciding whether a line is a statement or a question.
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Add か to ask
In basic polite Japanese, you can often turn a statement into a question by adding か at the end. The rest of the sentence may stay almost the same.
これはペンですか。
Is this a pen?
たなかさんはせんせいですか。
Is Tanaka a teacher?
きょうはやすみですか。
Is today a day off?
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