PARTICLE KA (か)

The particle KA (か) is used to form questions. Simply place this particle at the end of the sentence to turn the sentence into a question. No other structural modification is needed.

Note that the Japanese language doesn’t use the question mark with the particle か. It’s actually useless, since か already indicates that the sentence is a question. However, it’s common in spoken Japanese or in a colloquial way, to get rid of か at the end of the sentence. In such a case, the ascending intonation will indicate it’s a question, or a question mark can be added when writing in an informal way.

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Posted on May 21, 2012, 11:12:07 AM	#4
Sonejidh The sound files are not new, but you need to have samurai access to listen to them. I forgot to mention that since I have it allways active. Glad I could help anyway.

Posted on May 21, 2012, 7:13:17 AM	#3
Spade6179 Hm, those sound bytes are new. Thanks.

Posted on May 20, 2012, 4:10:49 PM	#2
Sonejidh Yes, every question ends with the ascending intonation even if か is used. You can listen to the above examples to hear it.

Posted on May 9, 2012, 6:43:32 AM	#1
Spade6179 Do you still use the ascending intonation if か is in the sentence?

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