No. 940 in Japanese
なに
"なに" means "what" in English.
In a sentence
何が好きですか？
What do you like?
Here, '何' is used as the subject of the question to inquire about preferences.
これは何ですか？
What is this?
In this sentence, '何' serves to ask about the identity of an object.
何をしますか？
What will you do?
Here, '何' is used as the object of the verb to ask about actions.
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