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疑問文. Concerning the asking of questions in the Japanese language as opposed to making plain statements. Includes the various words and particles used in questions.

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How to say "Should we [do something]?"

I recently started talking with a Japanese "pen friend" on Skype, and I'd like to ask her "Should we speak in Japanese or English?" If I said: わたしたちは 日本語を はなしますか。 英語を はなしますか。 does that convey w …
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How do you say "question", and which counter should be used?

I'd also like to know what counter should be used for counting questions, and if it is regular (so if, when pronouncing the number before the counter it just follows the regular sequence of いち, に, さん, … Apologies for asking three questions, I can move them onto separate threads if need be, but they're all related which is why I didn't. …
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How can I express sentences like "How long is ..." or "How old is ... " or "How convenient i...

I know that there are other ways you can ask these questions (会長は何歳ですか?・映画はどのくらいかかりますか?・たきくんは何時に来ましたか?) but I want to know if there's a structure like "How [adjective] is [noun]?" …
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