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Each challenge focuses on a specific topic/situation. Once you learn the base format, the rest is up to your vocabulary.
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Challenge 12 covers the last of 5 W-question forms: WHY
- When: いつ・itu
- Where: どこ・doko
- Who: だれ・dare
- What: なに・nani
- Why: なぜ・naze
Let's view the challenge video!
"Why" questions ask about reasons.
[なぜ/どうして・naze/dōsite] is always a question. so when you hear "なぜ/どうして・naze/dōsite", the answer must include some reason or explanation.
You hear these often
- なぜ(ですか)？・naze (desuka)? ⇒ why? : asking for a reason
- どうして(ですか)？・dōsite (desuka)? ⇒ why?: asking for a reason
- なぜ～ですか？・naze ~ (desuka)? ⇒ why ～? 【asking more specifically】
- どうして～ですか？・dōsite ～ (desuka)? ⇒ why ～? 【asking more specifically】
Answer will be:
- ～だから・～dakara ⇒ because ～w
- ～から・～kara ⇒ because ～w
As explained in the video, if you are not sure which one to use, you can use "dakara", such as:
「ｘｘｘｘ、だから・dakara」
Common question forms for なぜ？naze?・どうして？dōsite?
| なぜ・naze/どうして・dōsite | Example | What it means | ||
| なぜ・naze | + | ですか・desuka? | Why? | |
| どうして・dōsite | + | ですか？・desuka? | Why? | |
| なんで・nande | + | ですか？・desuka? | Why? | |
| どうして・dōsite? | + | きらい(ですか)？・kirai(desuka)? | Why you don't like it? | |
| どうして・dōsite? | + | おこる(んですか)？・okoru(n desuka)? | Why you get angry? | |
| どうして・dōsite? | + | おこるの？・okoruno? 【casual】 | Why you get angry? |
Survival Tip
When you answer, "why" questions, "answer word" is usually followed by "dakara/kara".
For example,
- かわいい から/(かわいい、だから)
- おいしい から/(おいしい、だから)
- いそがしい から/(いそがしい、だから)
Let's listen to some casual conversations. How much can you pick up?
どうして？ ⇒ どうしてたべないの？(why don't you eat?) ⇒ おなか(が)いっぱいだから/I'm full.
dōsite dōsite tabenai no onaka (ga) ippai dakara
どうして、きのうやすんだの？(why absent yesterday?) ⇒ かぜだったから/かぜだった、だから/got a cold.
dosite kinō yasunda no kaze datta kara/kaze desita, dakara
どうしてべんきょうしないの？ ⇒【Why you don't study?】⇒ きのう したから/きのう しました、だから。
dōsite benkyō sinaino kinō sita kara/kinō sita, dakara.
(I did yesterday)
どうして いかないの？ ⇒ 【Why you don't go?】 ⇒ いそがしいから(です)/いそがしい、だからです (busy)
dōsite ikanai no isogasii kara desu/isogasii, dakara desu
どうして？/どうしてなの？ ⇒ 【Why?】 ⇒ どうしても！(no matter what/just not)
dōsite?/dōsite nano dōsitemo
"Dōsitemo" is an answer when you don't want to say why. This means "I just don't want to!"
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