July 8, 2007

Where are you going to stay?

Dochira ni taizai saremasuka? : Where are you going to stay?
dochira : which
ni : at
taizai : stay
sareru : do (polite and admiring to a person to talk to, "sareru" can not be used for a speaker)
(sare-nai,sare-masu,sareru,sareru-toki,sarere-ba,(sarero),(sareyou),sareta)

"Dochira" literally means "which".
You can think that "no hoteru" is omitted .
Dochira (no hoteru) ni taizai saremasuka?: Which hotel are you going to stay at ?
hoteru : hotel
no : is connecting "dochira" and a noun which comes after it.
dochira no hotel : which hotel

Dochira ni irasshaimasuka ? : Where are you going?
irassharu : go (polite and admiring to a person to talk to)
(irasshara-nai,irasshari-masu,irassharu,irassharu-toki,irasshare-ba,(irasshare),(irassharou),irasshatta)

Dochira ni osumai desuka? : Where are you living?/ Whre do you live?
osumai : to be living, live

"Dochira" used for asking a place is very polite word.

Below are examples in which "dochira" are used as just "which".
Dochira ga yoi desuka ? : Which is good?
yoi : good
Dochira ga suki desuka ? : Which do you like?
suki : like, love

If you could hear the word "dochira" in the conversation, you may know "dochira" is used for a place or just as "which" in the context of the conversation.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi!
I would like to ask how to say
"when are you leaving?" or something like "when are you going to leave?", in a situation where i wanted to ask a person who's leaving for a holiday.

Thank you for your time!