どの

Japanese

Pronunciation

Adnominal

どの (rōmaji dono)

  1. 何の: which .. ? (interrogative demonstrative); what .. ? (one out of the available choices)
    どの車 (くるま)がいいか？
    Dono kuruma ga ii ka?
    Which car do you like?

See also
Japanese demonstratives
ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)		 so-
“that”
(close to listener)		 a-
“that over there”
(far from both)		 do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
Object これ (kore) それ (sore) あれ (are) どれ (dore)
これら (korera) それら (sorera) あれら (arera) —
Determiner この (kono) その (sono) あの (ano) どの (dono)
これらの (korera no) それらの (sorera no) あれらの (arera no) —
Kind こんな (konna) そんな (sonna) あんな (anna) どんな (donna)
Place ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あそこ (asoko)* どこ (doko)
Direction こちら (kochira) そちら (sochira) あちら (achira) どちら (dochira)
こっち (kotchi) そっち (sotchi) あっち (atchi) どっち (dotchi)
Human こいつ (koitsu) そいつ (soitsu) あいつ (aitsu) どいつ (doitsu)
Manner こう (kō) そう (sō) ああ (ā)** どう (dō)
* irregular
** regular (long vowel)

Usage notes
  • The hiragana spelling (どの) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何の), which is rarely used.

Suffix

どの (rōmaji -dono)

  1. 殿: Mr., Ms., a more formal title than さん (-san) but not so respectful as 様 (さま) (-sama)
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