I have been looking for a comprehensive chart for interrogative words and
their altered forms. But unfortunately I haven't been able to find one yet. So
I thought maybe someone may have already come across one here, since there are
a lot of people online.

I'm not sure if I see the whole picture clearly when it comes to interrogative
words, mainly if we use their altered forms. Such as

> 何 - what...?
>
> 何か - something
>
> 何も - nothing
>
> 何でも - anything/everything
>
> だれ - who...?
>
> だれか - somebody
>
> だれも - nobody だれでも - anybody/everybody

And in the case of `だれでも`, we can even say `だれにでも`, right? Which means "not
to/for anybody" or "to/for everybody".

In addition, if I remember correctly if I use negative verb form with `だれも`,
it means nobody; while if I have a positive verb form, `だれも` carries the
meaning 'everybody'. Then if I say `だれにも`, its meaning can also differ
according to that. Is it right or I am just confused?

So this topic seems to be very diversified. If somebody has a comprehensive
chart for these words, I would be very grateful if I could see it, since there
are so many interrogative words.
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-05-21T06:54:44.680
16058
2014-05-22T01:52:25.363
2020-06-17T08:18:27.500
-1
5392
question
resources questions
chart for interrogative words
So in short, you're looking for the variations of the question words and what
they mean, put into logical groupings. Is that on the mark?

Formatting literal tables is a bit of a pain here, so I'll provide bulleted
lists for each of the words here to explain in more details instead of using
table rows. The form will be as follows:

**base** - meaning

  * base + か - meaning
  * base + も - meaning
  * base + でも - meaning

For quick reference, the basic principle is that adding か is similar to the
English prefix "some-", も is similar to the English "every-", and でも is
similar to the English "any-". Whether it's positive or negative (e.g.
"everyone" vs. "no one") is determined by the verb at the end of the sentence.
These are general rules though, so skim the list below, as there are a couple
of words that don't use some of these endings.

Unless otherwise noted, "the dictionary" will refer to the ウィズダム英和辞典 /
ウィズダム和英辞典 when used below.

* * *

**誰【だれ】** - who

  * 誰【だれ】か - someone
  * 誰【だれ】も - everyone
  * 誰【だれ】でも - anyone

* * *

**どなた** - polite form of who

どなた does not appear to take any particles. See also どちら further down.

* * *

**何【なに】** - what

  * 何【なに】か - something
  * 何【なに】も - everything
  * 何【なん】でも - anything

The slightly less formal 何【なん】か is also in common use with the same meaning.

何【なに】 is also combined with a limited number of set words to create other
interrogative words (e.g. 何者【なにもの】 _who_ , 何故【なにゆえ】 _why_ ). I haven't found
many examples documenting particles being added to these, but if they were to
be added it would be after the full compound, not directly after 何【なに】.

* * *

**どんな** - what kind of

どんな does not appear to use any of the particles appended to the end.

* * *

**いつ** - when

  * いつか - sometime
  * いつも - every time, all the time
  * いつでも - any time

* * *

**どこ** - where

  * どこか - somewhere
  * どこも - everywhere
  * どこでも - anywhere

* * *

**なぜ** - why

  * なぜか - for some reason _(dictionary also suggests なんとなく, which I've personally heard more often)_

なぜも and なぜでも don't exist.

なぜ can be written in kanji as 何故 (similar to 何故【なにゆえ】 above), however the kana
form is far more prevalent.

* * *

**なんで** - why

なんで doesn't usually take additional particles (I imagine to reduce confusion
with なんでも, for example), however I have seen なんででも used a few times to mean
"for whatever reason".

* * *

**どう** - how

  * どうか - somehow
  * どうも - somehow
  * どうでも - anyhow/however [it turns out]

The dictionary defines どうか and どうも as "somehow"; I'm not entirely clear on the
specifics of when to use either.

* * *

**どうして** - how/by what means?

  * どうしても - somehow
  * どうしてでも - any way _(may have seen this one once or twice, but it's comparatively rare. My usual dictionaries don't have it, but I did find it[here](http://www.wordreference.com/jaen/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%A7%E3%82%82).)_

どうしてか doesn't exist. どうして is also sometimes translated as "why?".

* * *

**いかが** - how

I can't find any examples of いかが taking additional particles.

* * *

**どの** - which

I can't find any examples of particles being appended to どの. For meanings
along those lines, see どれ below.

* * *

**どれ** - which one (of 3 or more choices)

  * どれか - something (from among the options available)
  * どれも - every one
  * どれでも - any one

* * *

**どちら** - which one

どちら is an amazingly flexible word. Its uses include:

  * which way?
  * polite form of どの・どれ
  * polite form of どこ
  * polite form of 誰【だれ】

In the context of "which one", I've found examples using 〜も and 〜でも, as
follows:

  * どちらも - everything
  * どちらでも - anything

どちらか does not appear to exist. That said, 〜も and 〜でも appear to be usable
following the general principles outlined at the top of the post.

どちら can also be shortened to the informal どっち, which likewise is commonly used
with 〜も and 〜でも without any major shifts in meaning.

* * *

**いくら** - how much

  * いくらか - a little bit _(少し【すこし】 is probably a more common alternative to this)_
  * いくらも - a lot of
  * いくらでも - as much as one wants; unlimited

* * *

**いくつ** - how many

  * いくつか - a few
  * いくつも・いくつでも - as many as
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-05-21T20:25:40.237
16069
2014-05-21T21:53:02.310
2014-05-21T21:53:02.310
4914
4914
16058
answer