Grammar - Beginner - Part 4
Nani 何 なに
Interrogative pronoun meaning: what.

1. Used as subject

この袋には何が入っていますか。
Kono fukuro ni wa nani ga haitte imasu ka.
What is in this bag?

2. Used as object

デパートで何を買うんですか。
Depaato de nani o kau n desu ka.
What are you going to buy in the department store?

今何が一番欲しいですか。
Ima nani ga ichiban hoshii desu ka.
What do you want most now?

何を話しているんですか。
Nani o hanashite iru n desu ka.
What are you talking about?

3. Used for describing subject

将来何になりたいのですか。
Shourai nani ni naritai no desu ka.
What do you want to be in the future?

-> See also: nan