Grammar Info

N5 Lesson 6: 1/13

(だれ)Who

Structure

だれ

Demonstrative

Details

  • Part of Speech

    Noun

  • Word Type

    Pronoun

  • Register

    Standard

About 誰

(だれ) is a substitute noun that is used in Japanese to describe unknown people. Due to Japanese particles behaving in very specific ways, (だれ) will be translated differently depending on the particle that follows it.

(だれ)(だれ)(だれ)(だれ) (who), (だれ) (whose), (だれ) (somebody), (だれ) (any/everybody).

Caution

Depending on the style of polite speech, there are several different words that will be used to indicate an unknown person. どなた is used in honorific language, while どちらさま is used in polite speech.

Examples

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    (だれ)です

    Who is it?

    (だれ)がいます

    Who is there?

    (だれ)します

    Who will do it?

    これ(だれ)パソコンです

    Whose computer is this?

    (かれ)(だれ)でしょう

    I wonder who he is.

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