Dare だれ
Interrogative pronoun meaning: who
The subject indicator wa cannot be used
after dare.
1. Used with subjective case with ga
だれが勝つと思いますか。
Dare ga katsu to omoimasu ka.
Who do you think will win?
だれがこれを壊したのか知っていますか。
Dare ga kore o kowashita no ka shitte
imasuka.
Do you know who broke this?
2. Used in objective case with o/ni
だれをさがしているんですか。
Dare o sagashite iru n desu ka.
Who are you looking for?
だれに会いたいのですか。
Dare ni aitai no desu ka.
Who do you want to see?
3. Used as complement that describes subject
あそこに立っている人はだれですか。
Asoko ni tatte iru hito wa dare desu ka.
Who is the person standing over there?
4. Used in possessive case with no
あれはだれの車ですか。
Are wa dare no kuruma desu ka.
Whose car is that?
これはだれのかばんかわかりますか。
Kore wa dare no kaban ka wakarimasu ka.
Do you know whose bag this is?
5. Used with specific article
(dare + ka: someone, anyone)
だれかがいるみたいです。
Dareka ga iru mitai desu.
Someone seems to be there.
(dare + mo <used with a negative>: no one,
no body)
だれも電話に出ません。
Daremo denwa ni demasen.
Nobody answers the phone.
(dare + demo: anybody, everybody)
だれでもこの機械を操作出来ます。
Daredemo kono kikai o sousa dekimasu.
Anybody can operate this machine. |
