Grammar
N5 question

Question words どう・どんな・なぜ

Meaning

どう = "how" (manner/condition). どんな + noun = "what kind of ~". なぜ・どうして = "why" (reason).

Formation

Notes

どうしますか "what will you do?"; どんな本 "what kind of book?"; なぜ・どうして行きましたか "why did you go?".

Examples

How are your Japanese studies going?

Breakdown
Japanese (modifier) study (topic) how is?

How (by what method) do you go to school?

Breakdown
how (method) school to go (question)

What kind of music do you like?

Breakdown
what kind of music (subject) liked are?

Why are you studying Japanese?

Breakdown
why Japanese (object) are studying (question)

How is this taste?

Breakdown
this taste (topic) how is?

Why didn't you come yesterday? (どうして is softer than なぜ)

Breakdown
why yesterday did not come (question)