[Grammar] 왜? Question words

Question words for Beginners

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어느	which	어느 나라 사람이에요?	Where are you from?
		어느 학교 다녀요?	Which school are you attending?
누구	whom, whose	누구 거예요?	Whose thing is it?
누가	who(subject)	누가 안 왔어요?	Who didn’t come?
뭐	what	뭐 해요?	What are you doing?
무엇	formal word of ‘뭐’	무엇을 합니까?	What are you doing?
무슨+ N	what kind of N	무슨 음식을 좋아해요?	What food do you like?
		무슨 책을 읽어요?	What book do you read?
왜	why	왜 안 왔어요?	Why didn’t you come?
		전화 왜 안 받아요?	Why didn’t you answer my phone?
어디	where	어디에 가요?	Where are you going?
		어디에서 왔어요?	Where are you (coming) from?
언제	when	언제 한국에 왔어요?	When did you come to Korea?
		언제 집에 와요?	When are you coming home?
어떻게	how	부산에 어떻게 가요?	How do I get to Busan.
		이거 어떻게 해요?	How do I do this?
몇	how many, what	몇 개예요?	How many is this?
		몇 월이에요?	What month is it?
며칠	what date, how many days	오늘 며칠이에요?	What date is today?
		며칠 동안 여행해요?	How many days are you going to travel?

 

A lot of Koreans write ‘며칠’ as ‘몇일’, but ‘몇일’ is wrong.  If you see anyone(Korean) write it wrong, please correct them!