N5 grammar

〜か

ka

Turning a sentence into a question

Formation

か on the end makes a question, and nothing else in the sentence moves. In polite speech it does all the work an English rising tone does. Japanese often keeps a full stop after it rather than a question mark.

Examples

〜か is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. Do you bowl?

  2. How do you spell your name?

  3. How much is this dress?

  4. Where can I buy snacks?

  5. How about some Spanish food?

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.