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Originally Posted by pacerier
when i want to ask what kind of tempura is it?
do i say どんなてんぷらですか
or なんのてんぷらですか
what's the difference between the two?
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This isn't nearly as easy as other Jaapnese learners might tell you.
なんのてんぷらですか can only mean one thing and it's easy to use.
Tenpura can be made with many different food items, all types of seafood, and vegetables and such. Suppose there's a piece of tenpura in front of you. You know it's tempura from its look but you don't know what's inside the batter. This is when you say なんのてんぷらですか.
どんなてんぷらですか , trust me, isn't too easy to use.
Suppose someone is telling you about the tenpura he ate in Tazewell, Tennessee. The town has no Japanese population and it has little connection to anything Japanese whatsoever. You know a lot about tempura and Japaense culture in general. You want to know how the Tazewell tenpura looked and tasted even though you already know you're going to hear a horror story.
This is when you say どんなてんぷらですか.
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Another meaning of どんなてんぷらですか is the same as なんのてんぷらですか. However, if the tenpura is
right in front of you, you don't say どんな. You say なんの. This is super-important.
You use どんな when you ask someone who ate tenpura not too long ago about what varieties he had.