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"Why?" in Japanese Situations?
I know that one way to say "why" in Japanese is dooshite (どうして). When we were reading a dialogue, one of the characters asks, dooshite desuka (どうしてですか) which means "Why?"
Yet I was wondering, could you just say dooshite (どうして) instead having to add desuka (ですか) to it?
I mean, I guess the desu ka (ですか) makes it more of a question, but I was wondering all the same.
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Doushite itself signifies a question.. Doushite desu ka does sound better, but meaning are pretty much the same..
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200812...
I think its worth for you to look into also
- 1 decade ago
You can certainly leave out ã§ãã and just ask ã©ããã¦? (intonation going up so that others know it's a question) but its causal style speech. Adding ã§ãã makes asking the question polite and clarifies it as a question.
