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疑問代名詞 (ぎもんだいめいし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

疑ぎ問もん代だい名めい詞し

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Meanings

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interrogative pronoun

A grammatical term for pronouns used to ask questions, such as だれ, なに, どこ, どれ, etc.

「だれ」「なに」「どれ」は日本にほん語ごの疑

ぎ

問もん

代だい

名めい

詞し

です

。

"Dare", "nani", and "dore" are Japanese interrogative pronouns.

Kanji

疑doubt, distrust, be suspicious
問question, ask, problem
代substitute, change, convert
名name, noted, distinguished
詞part of speech, words, poetry

Related words

疑ぎ問もん詞し
疑問詞 is a broader term covering interrogative words including adverbs and determiners, while 疑問代名詞 specifically refers to interrogative pronouns.

Built from

疑ぎ問もん+代だい名めい詞し

Etymology

Compound of 疑問 (question) + 代名詞 (pronoun), a calque from Western grammatical terminology.