Asking for location - "そこわどこですか。"
I have a question about this.
Literally translated, "そこわどこですか" would mean "That place (close to you), _where_ is it?"
But the actual translation of "そこわどこですか" says "what is this place (you're at)?", is that so?
Why doesn't it go "そこわ_なん_ですか", meaning more literally "_WHAT_(nan) is this place you are at?"
can you tell me what's right?
[は* of course you are right! I have typed in with hiragana-help, writing it "wa"]
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そこはどこですか。
そこ - there, どこ - where.
"There" is "where"? = "Where is it?" = where is that place which I call "there"?
は (but not わ here) - は marks the subject of the sentence and sounds as "wa".
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