Part IV: Forming Question Sentences + Saying What Belongs to Whom
IV-A: Forming Question Sentences
It's just as easy to form a question sentence as it is to form an identifying sentence. All you need to do is add か.
Ex. おたくですか。
(Otaku desu ka.)
Are you an otaku?
Please note that this sentence structure will more likely than not give you a "yes/no" question. As an aside, question sentences can contain question words like なん (nan) and なに (nani), both of which mean "what". There are other question words that we will cover in the next lesson.
For now, let's move on to saying what belongs to whom.
IV-B: Saying What Belongs to Whom
To say that something belongs to someone, the particle の is used.
Ex. ケイさんのコンピューター
(Kei-san no konpyuutaa)
Kei's computer
As demonstrated, の is a particle that connects two nouns together. It can be used in a few different ways, not just as a possessive.
Ex. アメリカのザオタクメンバー
(Amerika no Zaotaku menbaa)
A theOtaku member in America (Hold your Bandit Keith jokes, please.)
Noun の noun phrases are treated as big nouns in the context of a sentence and can be placed anywhere a normal noun can in a sentence.
Ex. ケイさんのおかあさんはだいがくのせんせいです。
(Kei-san no okaasan wa daigaku no sensei desu.)
Kei's mother is a university teacher.
Finally, for this lesson, we will learn about numbers, how to tell time and how to say how old you are.
