On this page, you can learn how to ask a reason in Japanese.
Key Sentence
First box: English, Second box: Romaji, Last box: Japanese writing and audio
| Why is that? |
| so re wa do u shi te de su ka |
| それはどうしてですか。 |
One by one
- それ → that
- は → no meaning
- どうして → why
- です → is
- か → ?
Note
それは at the start can be skipped to say the same thing.
| Why is that? |
| do u shi te de su ka |
| どうしてですか。 |
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- Why is that?
Task 2: Change into English.
- それはどうしてですか。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.