How to Say ‘Where does it leave from?’ in Japanese
どこから出ますか。
doko kara de masu ka
[doh-koh kah-rah deh mah-soo kah]
💬 Usage Tip: [どこから] asks the starting point, and [出ますか] here means "does it leave?" This same pattern works for many services: [このバスはどこから出ますか].
Phrase Breakdown
どこから
doko kara
from where
Question word どこ plus から, meaning the starting point or origin.
どこから来ましたか。
Where did you come from?
Words in this phrase
どこ
doko
[doh-koh]
where
Used to ask about a place or point.
どこからでますか、とおきゃくさまがききます。
The customer asks, 'Where does it leave from?'
から
kara
[kah-rah]
from
Shows the starting place of movement.
どこからでますか、のからです。
This is the 'kara' in 'Where does it leave from?'
出ますか
de masu ka
do [you/it] depart; do [you/it] leave
Polite question form of 出る; here it asks where a bus departs from.
電車は何時に出ますか。
What time does the train leave?
Words in this phrase
出
de
[deh]
leave; depart
The stem of the verb meaning to depart.
バスがでますか、とたずねます。
I ask, 'Does the bus leave?'
ます
masu
[mah-soo]
polite verb ending
Makes the verb polite in customer service speech.
でますか、のますはていねいです。
In demasu ka, 'masu' is polite.
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Turns the sentence into a question.
どこからでますか、としつもんします。
I ask, 'Where does it leave from?'
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