by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “Where are you going?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
Where are you going?
どこ行くの?
doko ikuno
- Where ? = どこ? doko
- are you going = あなたは行くの* anatawa ikuno
*We do not usually say “あなたは (anatawa)” in everyday conversation.
どこ
where
+
行くの
are going
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
どこ行くんですか?
doko ikundesuka