Difference between DOUSHITE? (どうして)❓, NAZE? (なぜ🤔) and NANDE? (なんで) Grammar N4-5

JapaneseLily

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All of these 3 interrogative words mean WHYin Japanese.

In this video, you'll learn what differences in NUANCE between them.

 

mdchachi

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Very interesting. I think I've been using these correctly but don't think I've ever learned the differences explicitly.
I think this is the first time I've seen your cat. When you said 食べます you reminded him (or her) that he was hungry.

 

JapaneseLily

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mdchachi said:

Very interesting. I think I've been using these correctly but don't think I've ever learned the differences explicitly.
I think this is the first time I've seen your cat. When you said 食べます you reminded him (or her) that he was hungry.

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Thank you very much for your nice comment I'm glad you already knew how to use these words correctly My cat is 17 year old female cat

 

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Looks like you missed a couple variants though.

 

JapaneseLily

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I personally never used these expressions in Osakaben. But I understand them