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Are words like 何、いつ、どう、どこ、どれ、どの、exclusively used to request confirmation for a
unknown? Or can they also be used to say the Japanese equivalent of things
like "This is HOW you do it", or "This is WHEN and WHERE the party's at", like
their English counterparts can?

If so, could you provide a few examples of how to use them in this manner.
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Are どう、どこ、どれ、どの、等、exclusively question words?
They are exclusively used in questions and do not quite act like their English
counterparts. I tried plugging these words into the examples you provided and
found them pretty weird.

With that being said, they can be used in declarative sentences and form
clauses that act like nouns, just not after a be-verb (aka, not after "this
is"/"you are", etc).

Example: I do not know **when I am making a presentation**.

**いつ発表するか** わからない。 which is equivalent to **発表の時間** がわからない。(I do not know the
time of the presentation.)
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