Lesson Three: How to Make a Question

A wa B desu ka?

This is even simpler than the first pattern and it is extremely easy and a great relief for learners of Japanese to know that once you know the basic sentence structure, all you have to do is put a ka? at the end of the sentence to make it a question.

So to look at the same examples as above we see:

1. Kore wa pen desu ka?
(Is this a pen?)
2. Anata wa dokushin desu ka?
(Are you single?)
3. Kanojo wa Kanadajin desu ka?
(Is she Canadian?)
4. Sono pasokon wa baka desu ka?
(Is that computer stupid?)
5. Kurinton-san wa neko desu ka?
(Is Mr. Clinton a cat?)

Very, very simple, don't you think?

More to follow....

- Sensei

Next Lesson: Lesson Four - How to make a negative statement