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10-Input/Classes/Japanese Class_2026-04-01.md

@@ -25,34 +25,37 @@ When you want to stick a "Who/What/Where/When/Why" question into the middle of a
 
 The verb inside that first part **must** be in the **Plain Form** (e.g., _たべる_ instead of _たべます_).
 
-- 卵がいくつありますか？
+- **ビールをなんぼんのんだか、わかりません。**
-	- How many eggs are there?
+    - _Literal:_ How many bottles drank [か], don't know.
-- 分かりません
+    - _Natural:_ I don't know how many beers I drank.
-	- Don't know
 
-For using questions as the main subject: Instead of saying that, you can answer the question more clearly by using か. The verb HAS to be in regular form, so it would look like this for the above:
+- **どこにすんでいるか、おしえてください。**
+    - _Literal:_ Where living [か], please tell me.
+    - _Natural:_ Please tell me where you live.
+        
+- **いつかいぎがあるか、しっていますか。**
+    - _Literal:_ When meeting is [か], do you know?
+    - _Natural:_ Do you know when the meeting is?
 
-卵がいくつあるか、わかりません -> As for the amount of eggs, I don't know.
+### Noun / な-Adjectives
 
-【Plain formだ】 か、
+When you use a **Noun** or a **な-Adjective** with this specific grammar, you **drop the "だ"**.
-{
+- **Correct:** どこが不便**か**、教えてください。 (Tell me what is inconvenient.)
-分かりません
+- **Incorrect:** どこが不便~~だ~~か... 
-おしえてください
+	No です・だ, skip it entirely.
-しっていますか
-etc.
 
-・ビールをなんぼんのんだか、わかりません。
+### Whether or Not
-	I don't how many bottles I drank
-・どこにすんでいるか、おしえてください。
-	Where you live, please tell me
-・いつかいぎがあるか、しっていますか。
-	Do you know where the meeting is?
 
-Can add どうか after the か to mean "or not". Kind of same meaning, just adds clarity. 
+**かどうか** is used for **Yes/No questions** where there is no interrogative word (like "where" or "who").
-	- 私が結婚しているかどうか、わかりません
+
-		- I don't know if I'm married or not. 
+- **If there's a question word (Who/What/etc):** Just use **か**.
-	- 家族がいるかどうか、わかりません
+- **If there's NO question word:** Use **かどうか**.
-		- I don't know if my family is here or not
+
+- **私が結婚しているかどうか、わかりません。**
+    - "I don't know **whether or not** I am married." 
+	    - _You what now?_
+- **家族がいるかどうか、わかりません。**
+    - "I don't know **if** I have family (there) **or not**."
 ### Examples
 - 事故に遭ったかどうか、覚えっていません
 	- I don't remember if the accident happened or not