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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.
この文を疑問形にしてください。
Please put this sentence into question form.
疑問形の作り方を練習する。
To practice how to form questions.
日本語の疑問形は文末に「か」を付けるのが基本だ。
The basic way to form questions in Japanese is to add ka at the end of the sentence.
A grammatical term used in language education and linguistics. Refers to the form of a sentence structured as a question.
JAPANESE QUESTION FORMATION:
- 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 TERMS:
- 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
FORMATION:
疑問 (question, doubt) + 形 (form, shape)