N4 grammar · Lesson 29

Indirect questions: “I don’t know when it starts”

会議かいぎが何時なんじに始はじまるか、知しっていますか。

Embed questions: question word + plain form + 「か」, or 「〜かどうか」 without one (“do you know …?”, “I don’t know …”); nouns, na-adjectives drop 「だ」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Question word + か: a question inside a sentence
  2. 02「〜かどうか」: whether …
  3. 03The embedded sentence: plain form, without 「だ」
  4. 04Common follow-ups, and polite questions

Practice

  • Match each question to its form inside a sentence
  • Choose the correct sentence
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Put it into 「〜か、知しっていますか」
  • Put the pieces in order
  • What would you say?

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