Question (NはNです)

This construction is used to form questions in Japanese with the same structure as a statement but with a rising intonation.

Examples

• これはペンですか？

  Is this a pen?

• あなたは学生ですか？

  Are you a student?

• あれは本ですか？

  Is that a book?

Quick check

More N5 grammar

• Topic Marker は (wa)

  N + は + N + です

• Subject Marker が (ga)

  N + が + V

• Object Marker を (o)

  N + を + V

• Direction Marker に (ni)

  N + に + N

• Location Marker で (de)

  N + で + V

• Starting Point から (kara)

  N1 + から + N2