Casual Questions and Replies

Ask and answer simple casual questions naturally so you can follow friend-to-friend Japanese more easily.

Recognize casual questions that omit か.Use short casual replies like うん, まだ, and そう.Notice when polite forms are still better because of the relationship.

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How casual questions work

Casual questions often drop か. Intonation, a question word, and context tell you that the speaker is asking something.

これ、だれの？

Whose is this?

Question words often make the casual question shape easy to recognize.

明日行く？

Are you going tomorrow?

No か appears here, but the rising tone makes it a question.

何食べる？

What are you going to eat?

Question words like 何 often appear without extra markers in casual speech.

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