Page 401 - Basic Japanese

“Īe, doko ni mo ikimasen deshita.”
“No, I did not go anywhere.”

“Dore ka suki na no wa arimasu ka.”
Is there any one (of them) you like?”

“Īe, dore mo suki ja arimasen.”
“No, I don’t like any one of them.”

“Dochira ka tsukaimasu ka.”

“Will you use either one of them?”

“Īe, dochira mo tsukaimasen.”
“No, I will use neither one.”

Notice that the English translations ‘any, anyone,
anybody, any time, etc.’ correspond to the phrases with ka if

the English contains an affirmative verb, but to the phrases
with mo if the English contains a negative verb.

There is a special use of the INDEFINITE EXPRESSIONS in

apposition to a noun phrase. An expression like dare ka
‘somebody, anybody’ can be followed immediately by a

phrase telling who the somebody is (in general terms):

Kinō dare ka sensei no yō na hito ga kimashita yo.
Someone who seemed like a teacher came here
yesterday.