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! Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
