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How to say “ Where?” in Japanese?

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Japanese Grammar Lesson 5: Where is…? …はどこですか？ – Review Notes

Today we learned how to ask where something is in Japanese using the pattern “… wa doko desu ka?“ Using this pattern, we learned how to ask “where is the bathroom?” and “where is the station?” in Japanese. In this review we will go over these questions and see some more examples.

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Using the structure “…wa doko desu ka?” – “Where is…”

★　This structure is used to ask where something is.

★　The word どこ (doko) means where. Just like English,どこ can be used by itself as a question meaning“where?” or in a longer sentence to ask where something is. To simply ask “Where?” more politely, you can just ask “doko desu ka?”

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★　トイレ (Toire) means bathroom in Japanese.

★　In Japan, the toilet and the bath are not actually in the same room. The word トイレ is referring to the room that the toilet is in, not the room that the bath is in.

★　Another way to say bathroom is お手洗い (otearai). This word is a little more formal and is similar to the English word “washroom.” The kanji 手 means “hands” and 洗う means “to wash.”

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★　えき (eki) means station. Japanese people use trains a lot, so this phrase will be helpful when you are traveling in Japan!

★　The kanji for えきis 駅

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More Examples:

Using this pattern, you can ask a lot of things! Below are a few more examples and a list of words that you could substitute into the pattern to ask where different things are!

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Example 1:

お父さんはどこですか？

otōsan wa doko desu ka?

Where is dad?

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Example 2:

かぎはどこですか？

Kagi wa doko desu ka?

Where is the key?

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Example 3:

公園はどこですか？

kōen wa doko desu ka?

Where is the park?

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Extra Vocabulary:

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Conclusion:

Today we learned how to ask where something is in Japanese using the sentence pattern …wa doko desu ka? There are many more possibilities besides the ones we mentioned here. If you want to try making a question using this pattern, leave a comment below!
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