どうやって東京へ行きますか。
- How do you go to Tokyo?

どうやって東京へ行きますか。 meaning: How do you go to Tokyo?

⚫︎ The sentence begins with the question word どうやって (dō yatte), meaning "how" or "in what way." ⚫︎ 東京へ (Tōkyō e) is the destination, "to Tokyo." The particle へ (e) indicates direction or movement toward a place. ⚫︎ The verb 行きますか (ikimasu ka) is the polite form of "to go" (行く, iku) and forms a question. The particle か (ka) at the end of the sentence indicates a question. ⚫︎ The basic sentence structure is: Question Word + Destination + Particle + Verb + Question Particle.

⚫︎ へ (e): This particle marks the direction or destination of movement, similar to "to" or "towards" in English. It's often used with verbs of movement like 行く (iku - to go), 来る (kuru - to come), and 帰る (kaeru - to return). ⚫︎ か (ka): This particle turns a statement into a question. It is placed at the end of the sentence. Without か, the sentence would be a statement.

⚫︎ 行きます (ikimasu) is the polite (masu-form) conjugation of the verb 行く (iku - to go). ⚫︎ The stem of the verb 行く is 行き (iki-). ⚫︎ To make the verb polite, we add ます (masu) to the stem: 行きます (ikimasu). ⚫︎ 行きますか (ikimasu ka) is the polite, question form.

⚫︎ どうやって (dō yatte) is a fixed expression used to ask "how" something is done or "by what means." ⚫︎ どう (dō) means "how" or "in what way." ⚫︎ やって (yatte) is the te-form of the verb やる (yaru - to do). It functions as part of the fixed expression in this case. ⚫︎ It is frequently used with verbs that describe action.

⚫︎ Japanese sentences can form questions simply by adding the question particle か (ka) to the end of a statement. The word order usually remains the same as in the statement. ⚫︎ In this case, どうやって東京へ行きます (Dō yatte Tōkyō e ikimasu) would be a statement. Adding か (ka) turns it into a question: どうやって東京へ行きますか (Dō yatte Tōkyō e ikimasu ka).