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How do you say "What is your personality?" in Japanese?
どんな性格ですか？
donna seikaku desu ka ?
In Japanese, "What is your personality?" is どんな性格ですか？ (donna seikaku desu ka ?).
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Pronunciation
どんな性格ですか？ is written using kanji. Romanised as donna seikaku desu ka ?, it sounds roughly like "doh-n-nah-seh-kah-koo-deh-soo-kah" to an English ear.
Writing and usage
Seikaku (性格) combines sei (gender or sex) with kaku (character). The phrase donna seikaku uses donna (what kind) to ask for personality traits.
Example sentence
「どんな性格ですか？」は相手をよく知るための質問です。
'Donna seikaku desu ka?' wa aite wo yoku shiru tame no shitsumon desu.
'What is your personality?' is a question for getting to know someone better.
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How to remember どんな性格ですか？
Seikaku is literally gender-character. Japan has extensive personality typing systems including blood type associations.
Related words
- why are you here? なぜここにいるのですか？ naze koko ni iru no desu ka ？
- what is the temperature on saturday? 土曜日の気温は何度ですか？ doyōbi no kion wa nan dodesu ka ？
- what is the temperature on friday? 金曜日の気温は何度ですか？ kinyōbi no kion wa nan dodesu ka ？
- what is the temperature on sunday? 日曜日の気温は何度ですか？ nichiyōbi no kion wa nan dodesu ka ？
- what is the temperature? 気温は何度ですか？ kion wa nan dodesu ka ？
- what do you hate? 何が大嫌いですか？ nani ga daikirai desu ka ？
- what is the weather? 天気はどうですか？ tenki wa dōdesu ka ？
- who is your best friend? 親友は誰ですか？ shinyū wa dare desu ka ？
- when is your birthday? 誕生日はいつですか？ tanjōbi wa itsu desu ka ？
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Questions about どんな性格ですか？
How do you pronounce どんな性格ですか?
どんな性格ですか？ is romanised as donna seikaku desu ka ?. Say it roughly like "doh-n-nah-seh-kah-koo-deh-soo-kah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
Is どんな性格ですか formal or casual?
どんな性格ですか？ is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is どんな性格ですか written in Japanese?
どんな性格ですか？ is written using kanji. Seikaku (性格) combines sei (gender or sex) with kaku (character).
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"What is your personality?" in other languages
- Korean 성격이 어때요? (seonggyeoki eottaeyo?)
- Chinese 你的个性是什么样的? (nǐ de gè xìng shì shén me yàng de ?)
- Spanish ¿Cuál es tu personalidad?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Cuál es tu personalidad?
- French Quelle est ta personnalité ?
- German Was ist deine Persönlichkeit?
- Italian Qual è la tua personalità?
- Russian Какова твоя личность? (kakova tvoja ličnostʹ?)
- Greek Ποια είναι η προσωπικότητά σου; (pia ine i prosopikotita su)
- Arabic إيه شخصيتك؟ (ieeh shakhsiyatk?)
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