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Hello all,
Regarding the first question, this is what a Japanese teacher says :-
While speaking:---- doa doko desu ka // is ok
While writing :---- doa wa doko desu ka // is correct
so while speaking u say doa doko desu ka then also it is correct but while
writing u must use wa. and ga shall not be used in this context....
Regards,
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 Misanthropos wrote :
>You are not allowed to use in here the particle wa under any circumstances!!
>Wa is never
>used with question words, only ga can be used. Therefore, the sentence you
>speak about,
>can only be changed into "Doa ga doko desu ka."
>As far as the second matter is concerned, yes, Japanese don't yuse the
>question mark at
>the end of questions usually, but a usual dot.
>----- Original Message -----
> From: KoOkY!
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 4:58 PM
>Subject: [Japanese_Language] Newbie and question
>���� Hello! Just joined up today, or rejoined, I think I was here
>awhile back but forget exactly. But anyway, started teaching myself
>Japanese a bit again recently and learning some of the basic
>questions like doko, dare, ikutsu, etc. though ran into something
>that confused me with the 'wa' particle. One of the instructional
>books I found had this as an example:
>Doa doko desu ka. (Door where is it?)
>When I thought it would be:
>Doa wa doko desu ka.
>���� So if the subject is inferred you don't need the 'wa'? And does
>written Japanes use question marks or do questions in romanji
>(romanjii?) still just end with a period? Thanks!
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