Dare だれ


Interrogative pronoun meaning: who
The subject indicator wa cannot be used after dare.



1. Used with subjective case with ga
だれ勝つと思いますか。
Dare ga katsu to omoimasu ka.
Who do you think will win?
だれこれを壊したのか知っていますか。
Dare ga kore o kowashita no ka shitte imasuka.
Do you know who broke this?

2. Used in objective case with o/ni
だれさがしているんですか。
Dare o sagashite iru n desu ka.
Who are you looking for?
だれ会いたいのですか。
Dare ni aitai no desu ka.
Who do you want to see?

3. Used as complement that describes subject
あそこに立っている人はだれですか。
Asoko ni tatte iru hito wa dare desu ka.
Who is the person standing over there?

4. Used in possessive case with no
あれはだれ車ですか。
Are wa dare no kuruma desu ka.
Whose car is that?
これはだれかばんかわかりますか。
Kore wa dare no kaban ka wakarimasu ka.
Do you know whose bag this is?

5. Used with specific article
(dare + ka: someone, anyone)
だれがいるみたいです。
Dareka ga iru mitai desu.
Someone seems to be there.
(dare + mo <used with a negative>: no one, no body)
だれ電話に出ません。
Daremo denwa ni demasen.
Nobody answers the phone.
(dare + demo: anybody, everybody)
だれでもこの機械を操作出来ます。
Daredemo kono kikai o sousa dekimasu.

Anybody can operate this machine.