GaijinMiki 日本が好きな女の子 Joined 29 Jul 2014 Messages 18 Reaction score 0 4 Aug 2014 #1 Is there a difference between these? I heard once that 何故(なぜ) is more forceful and impolite. I am not sure about the other two though... Example sentences: どうして彼が洗濯したかしら... 何故そのホテルで泊まったの? なんで寝ってるな。 Last edited: 5 Aug 2014
Is there a difference between these? I heard once that 何故(なぜ) is more forceful and impolite. I am not sure about the other two though... Example sentences: どうして彼が洗濯したかしら... 何故そのホテルで泊まったの? なんで寝ってるな。
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 5 Aug 2014 #2 なんで is colloquial, but they have basically the same meaning when used as "why". どうして also can mean "how"; どうして開ければいいのかわからない(= どうやって開ければいいのかわからない) "I don't know how to open it". Furthermore, なんで can indicate the means; なんで(=なにで)払いますか?現金ですか?カードですか?
なんで is colloquial, but they have basically the same meaning when used as "why". どうして also can mean "how"; どうして開ければいいのかわからない(= どうやって開ければいいのかわからない) "I don't know how to open it". Furthermore, なんで can indicate the means; なんで(=なにで)払いますか?現金ですか?カードですか?
GaijinMiki 日本が好きな女の子 Joined 29 Jul 2014 Messages 18 Reaction score 0 5 Aug 2014 Thread starter #3 Ah, thank you for the clarification! I will safely assume that what I heard about 何故 is correct then.
Ah, thank you for the clarification! I will safely assume that what I heard about 何故 is correct then.
Mikawa Ossan いかんわ! Ten-year veteran Fifteen-year veteran Twenty-year veteran Joined 17 Sep 2005 Messages 6,017 Reaction score 1,970 5 Aug 2014 #4 Another difference is that I've only ever heard the following phrase なぜなら、 And never these なんでなら どうしてなら
Another difference is that I've only ever heard the following phrase なぜなら、 And never these なんでなら どうしてなら