誰

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. あの人は誰ですか。▶ —
   Who is that person?
2. 誰と話していますか。▶ —
   Who are you talking with?

Collocations

Mnemonic

誰 dare — interrogative "who". Formal alternative: どなた donata (used in interviews, customer service). 誰も daremo + negative = "nobody" (誰も来ません = no one comes). The kanji 誰 is often written in kana (だれ) for ease.

Quick check

1. "With whom are you going?" — natural Japanese?

   • 誰と行きますか (correct, ~と "with")
   • 誰が行きますか (= "who is going?")
   • 誰に行きますか (= "to whom going?")
   • 誰を行きますか (wrong particle)