Daily life: Why is that?

Basic sentence
Basic sentencedaily life
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On this page, you can learn how to ask a reason in Japanese.

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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
それどうしてですか。
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One by one

  • それ → that
  • は → no meaning
  • どうして → why
  • です → is
  • か → ?
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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。
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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.

Answer

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