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interrogative form; question form
The grammatical form used to ask questions. In Japanese, this typically involves adding か at the end of a sentence or using rising intonation.
A grammatical term used in language education and linguistics. Refers to the form of a sentence structured as a question.
Usage
How Japanese forms questions
- 丁寧語: add か to the end (e.g., 行きますか)
- 普通体: rising intonation or の (e.g., 行くの？)
- 疑問詞 (question words): 何, 誰, いつ, どこ, etc.
Related words
- 疑問文: interrogative sentence — the sentence itself, not the form
- 疑問詞: interrogative word (who, what, where, etc.)
- 肯定形: affirmative form
- 否定形: negative form