Hello!
I've only just joined this site and would really appreciate the help in regards to learning Japanese, and I'll gladly give help to anyone wanting to know any English. :]
So I guess to start off with, can anyone tell me the difference between なんで and どうして because I get really confused, do they both mean why? ;_;
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ありがとうございます~~~
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なぜ（どうして） 私 の ケーキ を たべました か？
naze (doushite) watashi no ke-ki o tabemashita ka?
Why did you eat my cake?
[There isn't a "you" but obviously you wouldn't be asking yourself this question.]
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Thankyou! Can you use both どうして and なんで in a sentence for me? :]
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For どうして:
Deconstructing どうして yields どう(which way/manner) + して(Verb conjunctive form of する)
どうする (Which way/manner of doing?)
どうして[X] (Which way/manner of doing did X come to be?) Which is functionally equivalent to "why" since you indirectly ask for a cause of [X]. Also functions as a "how" since you ask for the way/manner of doing it.
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For なぜ:
Very very directly asks for a reason. (Which is why なぜ appears the rudest)
For when you really intend to be direct. "No bullshit, tell me the reason now".
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