Dore どれ

Interrogative pronoun meaning: which

The polite form is dochira, which also means ‘’who’’ or ‘’where’’. Dore becomes dono before a noun it modifies. It becomes doko when expressing ‘’where’’.

1. Used as subject

このうちどれが一番安いですか。

Kono uchi dore ga ichiban yasui desu ka.

Which is the cheapest of them?

2. Used as object

どれが一番好きですか。

Dore ga ichiban suki desu ka.

Which do you like best?

この三つのうちどれを選びますか。

Kono mittsu no uchi dore o erabimasu ka.

Which do you choose of these three?

3. Before noun

(changes to dono)

どの本が面白いですか。

Dono hon ga omoshiroi desu ka.

Which book is interesting?

4. Used with specific article

(dore + ka= any)

このうちどれか頂戴できますか。

Kono uchi dore ka choudai dekimasu ka.

Can you spare me any of these?

(dore + demo= whichever, anything)

どれでもいいから好きなのをお選び下さい。

Dore demo ii kara sukina no o o-erabi kudasai.

Any one is fine, so please pick the one you like.

(dore + mo= all, any)

この本はどれも子供には難しすぎる。

Kono hon wa dore mo kodomo ni wa muzukashisugiru.

Any of these books is too difficult for a child.

-> See also: doko