who

Dare asks who; donata is its polite equivalent. As a subject it takes ga, and it combines with other particles like no and to. The answer simply replaces the question word in the same position.

Examples

• あの人ひとはだれですか。

  Ano hito wa dare desu ka.

  Who is that person?

• だれと行いきますか。

  Dare to ikimasu ka.

  Who will you go with?

Vocabulary in these examples

• あの that (+ noun) over there
• 人 person
• 行く to go

Related patterns · Question words

• 何（なん / なに） what
• どこ where
• いつ when
• いくら how much (price)
• どう / いかが how; how about
• どうして / なぜ why