mikaylahj wrote:Sure. So there's a thing called 'ru' verbs, and they typically end in ’る’ or ’う’ and it's with these sentences that you use 'no' to indicate a question instead of your general 'ka'.
Here's an example of both
猫はいるの? Which translates to 'is there a cat?' I mean, you can just change the form of the ru verb. (You know how you get ’て form', Dictionary form (like ru form) and a few others). Like, in the sentence below I've still used ’いる’ but I've just changed the form of the verb into ’います’ (masu form) which makes it more polite and formal.
猫がいますか?Which translates to 'is there a cat?', but in my opinion it's easier to use as I've been taught/being taught formal Japanese and so it seems normal to me.
If my whole 'explanation' is off, it's probably because we've not learnt much about 'ru' form yet and all I know is from my own research. I can give you some links to some nice websites that explain grammar if you wish!
Can I see the websites? Japanese grammar is the bane of my existence right now because until I know it, there's not really much I can do to make sentences of my own in Japanese. And thank you for the explanation of that also.