どちら~

dochira~

JLPT N5 Neutral Chapter 6: Asking questions, 5 of 9

Formation

どちら + が/を + verb, どちら + が/を + adjective, どちら + が/を + noun

Used to ask about two choices or options.

When to use

'Which (of two)', and the polite 'where / which way'. For three or more, どれ or どの.

Explanation

The どちら grammar point is used to ask about two choices or options. It translates to 'which of the two' or simply 'which' in English. It is commonly used with question words like どちらが or どちらを and can be combined with verbs, adjectives, and nouns to ask about preferences or to make comparisons.

Example sentences

Comparison (More Than / Which / The Most)

Corpus examples (60)

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