~どう しますか。
~dou shimasu ka.
JLPT N5 Neutral
Formation
Situation + どうしますか
Asking for someone's opinion or decision; 'what will you do?', 'how will you handle it?'.
When to use
'What will you do?': asks for a decision (どうしますか), not a method.
Explanation
The ~どうしますか grammar point is used to ask for someone's opinion, decision, or course of action in a specific situation. It can be translated as 'what will you do?' or 'how will you handle it?' in English. This grammar point is formed by attaching どうしますか to the end of a sentence.
Example sentences
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It's raining, so what will you do?
Ame ga futte iru node, dou shimasu ka?
この問題について、どうしますか?
What are you going to do about this issue?
Kono mondai ni tsuite, dou shimasu ka?
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If he doesn't come, what will you do?
Kare ga konakattara, dou shimasu ka?
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What will you do when choosing your career path?
Shinro wo kimeru toki, dou shimasu ka?
How (By What Means / How Do You Say It)
Corpus examples (26)
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What do you do with your clothes when they are worn out?
1000ドルあったら君はどうしますか。
Suppose you had a thousand dollars, what would you do with it?
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Supposing you had one million yen, what would you do with it?
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If you won a million yen, what would you do?
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If a fire should break out in your neighborhood, what would you do?
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If you became blind suddenly, what would you do?
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What would you do if war were to break out?
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What would you do if you had, say, ten thousand dollars?
もし家族に食べさせる食料が充分に見つけられなかったら、あなたはどうしますか?
What'll you do if you can't find enough food to feed your family?
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Should that happen, what will you do?
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What would you do if another war occurred?
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If you were to quit your job, what would you do?
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If he should die tomorrow, what in the world would you do?
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What would you do if you saw a ghost?
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If a tiger should come out of the cage, what would you do?
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If you were in my place, what would you do?
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What would you do if you failed?
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What would you do if you won the lottery?
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What would you do in this situation?
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What would you do in a situation like this?
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If you come upon a new word in a sentence, what will you do with it?
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What would you do if you had a million dollars?
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Suppose it were true; what would you do?
万一ハイジャックにあったらどうしますか。
What if hijackers should appear?
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What would you do if the world were to come to an end tomorrow?