where

Doko asks where and behaves like a place noun. Use doko desu ka to ask the location of something, and combine doko with particles such as ni, de, and e for more specific questions.

Examples

• 駅えきはどこですか。

  Eki wa doko desu ka.

  Where is the station?

• どこで働はたらいていますか。

  Doko de hataraite imasu ka.

  Where do you work?

Vocabulary in these examples

• 駅 station
• どこ where
• 働く to work
• いる to exist (animate); to be

Related patterns · Question words

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