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Let’s learn Japanese: Lesson 6-(2)

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[何(なに)を しますか]
This is a question to ask what someone does.
(Example)
1. 月曜日 何を しますか。   —京都へ 行きます。
What will you do on Monday? —I’ll go to Kyoto.
2. きのう 何を しましたか。   —野球(やきゅう)を しました。
What did you do yeseterday? —I played baseball.
*野球: baseball

[なん and なに]
Both なん and なに mean “what.”
1. なん is used in the following cases.
①When it proceeds a word whose first mora is either in the た, だ or な-row.
(Example)
それは 何(なん)すか。
何(なん) 本ですか。
これは 英語(えいご)で 何(なん) いいますか。
*英語: English
*言(い)います: say

②When it is followed by a counter suffix or the like.
(Example)
あゆみちゃんは 何歳(なんさい)ですか。   How old is Ayumi?
*何歳: How old

2. なに is used in all other cases.
(Example)
何(なに)を 買(か)いますか。   What will you buy?
*買います: buy

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