どこか~
dokoka~
JLPT N5 Neutral
Formation
どこか + (Particle, if needed) + Verb/Noun/Adjective
Expresses 'somewhere', used when the specific location is unknown or uncertain.
When to use
'Somewhere': a place you do not name (どこかに行きたい). A statement, not a question.
Explanation
The grammar point どこか is used when the speaker wants to express that something is happening or located 'somewhere', but the exact location is either unknown or uncertain. It can be used by itself or combined with other words.
Example sentences
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I lost my wallet somewhere.
Dokoka de saifu wo nakushimashita.
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I want to go somewhere today.
Kyou wa dokoka ni ikitai desu.
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Is there a cheap restaurant somewhere?
Dokoka yasui resutoran ga arimasu ka?
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I want to study in a quiet place somewhere.
Dokoka shizuka na basho de benkyou shitai.
Where (Somewhere / Anywhere / Nowhere)
Corpus examples (60)
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Tom can't go anywhere right now.
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Before we go anywhere, we should exchange some money.
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I had my money stolen somewhere.
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I left my passport somewhere.
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I misplaced your blue pen.
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Let's have a tea break somewhere around there.
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If you go anywhere, you had better tell your mother first.
どこかのお利口さんが一晩中ミルクを冷蔵庫から出しっぱなしにしておいたな。
Some wise guy left the milk out of the refrigerator all night.
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There must be something wrong with the engine.
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His house is somewhere about here.
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I lost my wallet somewhere around here.
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I've just gone and lost my key somewhere around here.
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There's something unusual about him.
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Something must be wrong with the machinery.
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Something is the matter with this TV set.
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Is there anything wrong with you?
アフリカ大陸のどこかへ行くとしたらどこが一番衛生的で安全ですか?
If I was going to the African continent where would be the safest and most sanitary place?
「以前にどこかで会ったことがありませんか」とその学生はたずねた。
"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.
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I remember having seen him somewhere before.
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I remember seeing him somewhere before.
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I have seen that face somewhere before.
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She looked as though she had seen me somewhere before.
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I've seen you somewhere before.
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I've seen them somewhere before.
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Shall we move to somewhere we can talk alone?