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What difference between: donna, dore, dono, dou?
Dore: which one of these.
This one (kore). That's one (sore). That's one over there (are).
Dou: How's (dou) the movie? Very interesting! えいが は どえ です か。 とても おもてぃろい。
Donna: How's the movie? Very interesting! どんな えいが です か。とても おもてぃろい。
Dono: properties of an object, what kind of.
This book (kono hon), that book (sono hon), that book over there (ano book).
What the movie is interesting? This one. どの えいが は おもしろい です か。この えいが。
This is right?
So what's difference between dore and dono?
どれ は えいが が おもしろい です か。 この えいが。
どの えいが は おもしろい です か。 この えいが。
I can see the similar meanings and different constructions. But i still can use the same answer.
dono and donna:
どの えいが は です か。 おもしろい。
これ えいが は どんな です か。 おもしろい。
I can see the same meanings but different constructions.
donna and dou:
これ は どんな えいが です か。 おもしろい。
これ えいが は どう です か。 おもしろい。
I can see the same meanings but different constructions.
Feb 26, 2018 1:23 PM
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Be aware of what you are typing, as there are some typographical errors here. In any case, I will explain some of the differences of these interrogative pronouns.
どう = How ; as in your example: "How is the movie" えいが は どう です か? (keep in mind, when writing Japanese text, you don't ever space it out like this, but since I am writing completely in Hiragana, I am spacing it out so you can see it better) Also, the word for interesting should be written as おもしろい
どんな = "What kind," not "how." In some contexts, どう and どんな can function similarly, but not always, so keep that in mind.
どれ = "which one" for example: (as you point a finger at various clothes) どれ が すき です か? (which one do you like?) A noun can NOT come after どれ.
どの = "which" and a noun must follow immediately after. For example: どの シャツ が すき です か? (which shirt do you like)
I hope my explanation helps to see the differences between all of these. If you have further questions about the grammar, please let me know.
February 28, 2018
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