Meaning of 疑問文(ぎもんぶん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 疑問文

Kana Reading ぎもんぶん

Romaji gimonbun

Examples of 疑問文, ぎもんぶん in a sentence

canは助動詞ですので、疑問文では文頭に持ってきます。

'can' is an auxiliary verb, so in question sentences it is brought to the start of the phrase.
このような名詞句を隠れ疑問文（concealed　question）といいます。

This type of noun phrase is called a "concealed question".

疑 JLPT 3

14 strokes

doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question

On'Yomi: ギ

Kun'Yomi: うたが.う

文 JLPT 4

4 strokes

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

On'Yomi: ブン, モン

Kun'Yomi: ふみ, あや

問 JLPT 4

11 strokes

question, ask, problem

On'Yomi: モン

Kun'Yomi: と.う, と.い, とん

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