Practice Asking Basic Questions About Common Objects

Learn a fast pattern for asking basic questions about common objects in Japanese!

Lesson Transcript

Hi, everyone.

In this lesson, you'll practice asking basic questions about common objects.

You'll be challenged to ask questions about the origin of items.

First, let's look at some examples.

これはどこのワインですか。(Kore wa doko no wain desu ka?)

これはイタリアのワインです。(Kore wa Itaria no wain desu.)

To ask where an item is from, say これは (kore wa) or それは (sore wa) followed by どこの (doko no) the item name and ですか。(desu ka.)

To tell someone the origin, say the country name followed by の (no) and the item name.

Listen to a few more examples.

これはどこの料理ですか。(Kore wa doko no ryōri desu ka?)

それはスペインの料理です。(Sore wa Supein no ryōri desu.)

これはどこの車ですか。(Kore wa doko no kuruma desu ka?)

それはドイツの車です。(Sore wa Doitsu no kuruma desu.)

Let's practice.

You meet Jack Simon.

Ask him where this dish is from.

これはスペインの料理です。(Kore wa Supein no ryōri desu.)

Now, meet Ken Kobayashi.

Ask him where this car is from.

これはドイツの車です。(Kore wa Doitsu no kuruma desu.)

How did you do?

You can consider this practice exercise successful if you were able to answer in the given time and use the sentence pattern featured in the examples.

Try this practice exercise again if you want to improve your fluency.

To learn more vocabulary and phrases, access our Can-Do video series by clicking the link in the description.

And that's it for this lesson.

Great job.

Now you know how to ask basic questions about common objects.

Go ahead and move on to the next lesson, and I'll see you there.

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