Questions tagged [embedded-question]
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Understanding 時間があるか分かりません
I'm an N5 learner trying to understand how to translate the super simple sentence
時間があるか分かりません。
I understand an idiomatic-to-English way to translate it is:
I don't know if there is time.
But how ...
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Can someone help break down this sentence どこにあるか知っていますか?
どこにあるか知っていますか?
I couldn't understand the usage of か after ある
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Role of か in this sentence
I found this sentence in an article about japanese swords
日本刀と他の刀との違いは、どれだけ波紋と鉄が美しいかにこだわっているかです
The translation is
The difference between japanese swords and other swords is how much the ripples ...
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Particle omission in embedded questions [duplicate]
Are there any rules or conventions on when to omit を (as in 1) or が (as in 2) when it comes to embedded questions?
この生物は何か教えてください。
どれがおいしいかまずいかさっぱりわかりません。
My gut feeling would be to generalize and ...
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Difference between embedded question and noun phrase [duplicate]
Inspired by this question, I thought of two ways to talk about checking the truth of something, though I think my question applies much more generally than with just the verb 'to check'.
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Usage of で after embedded question
自動運転の技術は、どのくらい自動で運転できるかで５つのレベルがあります。
The extent to which you can drive automatically is measured by 5 levels.
Obviously my translation is rather loose. A more literal translation would be "to ...
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あるか確認 vs あるかを確認
I understand that both have almost the same meaning.
But I was pointed out.
Is this a preference issue, or is one prioritized?
i.e.
「リンゴマークがあるか確認します。」
「リンゴマークがあるかを確認します。」
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Question about the particular use of 'か'
今日かあした来てください。 (Please, come today or tomorrow)
行くか行かないか、わかりません。(Go or not, I don't know)
I guess in these two cases 'か' means 'or', but why is there no 'か' after 'あした'. In example 2 there is a 'か' ...
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What's the meaning of the particle のか in this context?
I think the sentence can be understood on its own, but I'm giving some context anyway. Editor and author talk about a character.
Editor: 彼女は作中で優しい子だと言われています。実際そうだと思うんですけど、彼女の優しさって描くのむずかしいと思うんですよ。
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Embedded Questions
Is the following sentence correct/natural?
The understanding for what is required of this part presupposes that one knows in which upper system it is embedded.
その部品になにが求められているのかという理解は、...
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Can 何か be a question word?
The following sentences are from the JP children's book よだかの星:「ね、まあ、あのくちのおおきいことさ。きっと、かえるの親類か何かなんだよ。」The 2nd sentence feels like an implied question e.g. "Surely, [he] is kin of a frog or something." (...
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VかV-negか vs. V | V-neg vs. Vかどうか
Is there any difference in meaning between these three structures? I think they all roughly mean "whether or not" but are they interchangable? Examples below:
両親は賛成するかしないかにかかわらず、僕は君と結婚します。
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How to treat embedded questions and が
What is the difference between following sentences?
できるかどうか分かりません
できるかどうかが分かりません
Both seem to have about similar amount of hits on google for an exact phrase.
When reading about embedded sentences ...
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