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How do you say "how far is it" in Japanese?
どれくらい遠いんだ
dorekurai tooi nda
In Japanese, "how far is it" is どれくらい遠いんだ (dorekurai tooi nda).
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Pronunciation
Say doh-reh-koo-RAI toh-OI ndah, with tooi's long 'oo' stretched out to mimic the sense of distance itself.
Writing and usage
どれくらい遠いんだ is written using kanji. It's a phrase, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.
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How to remember どれくらい遠いんだ
Tooi has a long double vowel — stretch it out like the distance itself is stretching far away.
Related words
- turn left 左に曲がる hidari ni magaru
- turn right 右に曲がる migi ni magaru
- go straight ahead まっすぐ進んで massugu susun de
- its on the left 左側にある hidarigawa niaru
- its on the right 右側にある migigawa niaru
- its around the corner すぐ近くです sugu chikaku desu
- is it walking distance 歩いて行ける距離ですか? arui te ike ru kyori desuka?
- which bus goes to どのバスが行きますか? dono basu ga iki masuka?
- does this train stop at この電車は止まりますか? kono densha ha domari masuka?
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Questions about どれくらい遠いんだ
How do you pronounce どれくらい遠いんだ?
Say doh-reh-koo-RAI toh-OI ndah, with tooi's long 'oo' stretched out to mimic the sense of distance itself.
Is どれくらい遠いんだ formal or casual?
どれくらい遠いんだ is a common everyday expression. Context and tone of voice matter more than the words themselves for how formal it sounds.
How is どれくらい遠いんだ written in Japanese?
どれくらい遠いんだ is written using kanji. Romanised, it reads as dorekurai tooi nda.
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