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かkaN4neutral

savor + a tucked-in question — who/what/where inside a bigger sentence

ajiwau ka

a tucked-in question — who/what/where inside a bigger sentence

meaning: a tucked-in question — who/what/where inside a bigger sentence

Same meaningRelated

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜か
  • 味あじわうか

会議かいぎがいつ終おわるか、誰だれも知しりません。

kaigi ga itsu owaru ka, dare mo shirimasen.

Nobody knows when the meeting will end. neutral

誰だれが担当たんとうか、あとで確認かくにんしておきます。

dare ga tantou ka, ato de kakunin shite okimasu.

I'll check later who is in charge. neutral

Same meaning2

whether; who/what/where inside a sentence

All examples5

a question inside a bigger sentence — it stays plain, 知しる・分わかる act on it

  1. 会議かいぎがいつ終おわるか、誰だれも知しりません。

    kaigi ga itsu owaru ka, dare mo shirimasen.

    Nobody knows when the meeting will end. neutral

  2. 誰だれが担当たんとうか、あとで確認かくにんしておきます。

    dare ga tantou ka, ato de kakunin shite okimasu.

    I'll check later who is in charge. neutral

  3. どっちが便利べんりか、使つかってみないと分わからないね。

    dotchi ga benri ka, tsukatte minai to wakaranai ne.

    You can't tell which is more convenient without trying them. casual

  4. どこでかぎをなくしたか、全然ぜんぜん思おもい出だせない。

    doko de kagi o nakushita ka, zenzen omoidasenai.

    I can't remember at all where I lost my keys. casual

  5. どの案あんを採用さいようするかは、来週らいしゅうの理事会りじかいで決定けっていいたします。

    dono an o saiyou suru ka wa, raishuu no rijikai de kettei itashimasu.

    Which proposal to adopt will be decided at next week's board meeting. formal

How it's formed3

Notes

Careful speech drops だ here, while colloquial speech often keeps だか
(何なんだか、誰だれだか). The whole か-part can take particles
(行いくかは、行いくかを) or none at all.