Japatan
Formação
- 疑問詞 … V普通形 + か
- 疑問詞 … いA普通形 + か
- 疑問詞 … なA + か(「だ」は付けない)
- 疑問詞 … N + か(「だ」は付けない)
Explicação
Use this to put a question with a question word (where, what, when, who, why, which) inside a sentence: 駅はどこにありますか becomes 駅がどこにあるか教えてください. The part before か is in plain form. Verbs like 分かる, 知る, 教える, 覚える, 聞く, and 調べる follow. For yes-no questions, use かどうか instead.
Exemplos
駅がどこにあるか、教えてください。
Please tell me where the station is.
会議が何時に始まるか、知っていますか。
Do you know what time the meeting starts?
あの人がだれか、覚えていません。
I don't remember who that person is.
どのホテルが一番便利か、調べてみましょう。
Let's look into which hotel is the most convenient.
Observações
Do not use the polite masu/desu form before か. Also, do not combine a question word with かどうか (×どこにあるかどうか).
Gramática relacionada
Miniquiz
1昨日の夜何を食べた（ ）、思い出せません。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 3 か
The sentence has the question word 何, so か is used. かどうか is not used with question words. "I can't remember what I ate last night."
2試験の会場が（ ）、調べておきます。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 1 どこか
When 会場はどこですか is embedded, です drops and it becomes どこか. "I'll check in advance where the exam site is."
3会議が何時に（ ）か、部長に聞いてください。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 4 終わる
An embedded question uses question word + plain form + か: 終わるか. A verb does not take だ, so 終わるだか is wrong, and 終わって or 終わり cannot come before か. "Please ask the department manager what time the meeting will end."
