When asking questions?

Gorotsuki · (#1 (**permalink**))

When you ask a question you add ka but what about when you use da at the end of a sentence.

Like I hear nan desu ka and nan da but not nan da ka.

Da ka just sounds weird to me as well.

Kikaru · (#2 (**permalink**))

da is less formal, and masculine. "Desu ka" becomes "ka" when it less formal. So "da ka" wouldn't be used.

Gorotsuki · (#3 (**permalink**))

Oh. Thanks!

That clears up soooo much.

Da is masculine?

enyafriend · (#4 (**permalink**))

何だか[なんだか][nandaka]=somehow, when you're unsure of something

e.g.
なんだか吐き気がします
Nandaka hakike ga shimasu
I feel like thowing up

何がなんだか分らない
Nani ga nandaka wakaranai
I didn't know what was that

何だかすごく疲れたね
Nandaka sugoku tsukareta ne
Somehow I felt really tired

"Nandaka" is a very common expression and is taught when in either level 3 or level 2 standard.

chin · (#5 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by enyafriend

何だか[なんだか][nandaka]=somehow, when you're unsure of something

e.g.
なんだか吐き気がします
Nandaka hakike ga shimasu
I feel like thowing up

何がなんだか分らない
Nani ga nandaka wakaranai
I didn't know what was that

何だかすごく疲れたね
Nandaka sugoku tsukareta ne
Somehow I felt really tired

"Nandaka" is a very common expression and is taught when in either level 3 or level 2 standard.

That what i want to say but I just couldnt express it.
Enyafriend must be very good at Japanese.
I dont know how to explain Grammar in English,
for English is my ESL.

filiadragongurl · (#6 (**permalink**))

If you're talking about how to ask a question in casual form (that's when you end sentences in da instead of desu) it's like this:

Formal: Nan desu ka?
Casual: Nani? (with questioning intonation)

So aside from "nandaka" meaning "somehow" or when you're confused about something you don't get "da ka" together. I believe your question was aimed at the casual style questions, so just say the sentence like usual, but end with a questioning intonation.

Make sense?