いつ (itsu) — when?
The question word for asking about time — "when?"
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
The word for "when?" is いつ.
How to attach
- Put いつ where the time would go and add か at the end: いつ日本へ行きますか (When are you going to Japan?).
- Answer with words like あした (tomorrow) or 来週 (next week), or a numbered time such as 七時に.
Watch out
The に rule from Lesson 4 applies here too — いつ has no number, so no に (いつに ❌).
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
いつ日本へ行きますか。
いつにほんへいきますか。
When are you going to Japan?
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) We don't know the time ➔ いつ (when) ──> [ に ❌ ] ──> [ + 日本へ行きます ] ──> [ + か ] ──> いつ日本へ行きますか.
いつ帰りますか。
いつかえりますか。
When will you return?
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) いつ ──> [ に ❌ ] ──> [ + 帰ります (you return) ] ──> [ + か ] ──> いつ帰りますか (when will you return?).
明日、学校へ行きます。
あした、がっこうへいきます。
I'm going to school tomorrow.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) The answer: 明日 (tomorrow, no number) ──> [ に ❌ ] ──> [ + 学校へ行きます ] ──> 明日、学校へ行きます.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
"When do you go to Japan?" — which is correct?
💡 Hint: Use いつ to ask about time.
いつ asks "when"; どこ = where, なに = what, だれ = who.
"When do you return?" — which is correct?
💡 Hint: No particle follows いつ.
いつ attaches directly to the verb; no を, へ, or で is added.
"I go to school tomorrow." — which is correct?
💡 Hint: Answer with a time word.
Answer いつ with a concrete time like 明日, without the question か.
Your score: /3