How to Say ‘Where is it?’ in Japanese
どこですか。
doko desu ka
[doh-koh dess kah]
💬 Usage Tip: [どこ] means "where," and [どこですか] is the standard polite pattern for asking where something is. You can swap in the thing you mean before it: [トイレはどこですか。]
Phrase Breakdown
どこ
doko
[doh-koh]
where
Used to ask where something or someone is.
銀行はどこですか。
Where is the bank?
ですか
desu ka
is it?; are you?
A polite question ending using です plus か.
お名前は田中ですか。
Is your name Tanaka?
Words in this phrase
です
desu
[dess]
is; am; are
A polite verb-like ending used in simple statements and questions.
あそこが図書館です。
That over there is the library.
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Added at the end to make the sentence a question.
先生ですか。
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