How to say was there a book on the desk? in Japanese
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机机(tsukue) (ok) deskのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question上上(ue) (n,pref) upper/upward/outer/surface/topにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.一冊一冊(issatsu) (n) one copyのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question本本(hon) (n) book/volume/script/this/present/main/head/real/regular/counter for long cylindrical things/counter for films, tv shows, etc./counter for goals, home runs, etc.がが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/andありましたno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbかか(ka) (prt) indicates question/indicates choice, doubt, etc.。。(。) Japanese period "."
丁寧語 (Polite form)Polite form (teineigo) convays a sense of politeness, used when speaking to strangers, people older than you, higher social status ect. Click for examples / more info
