adverbial N5 common casualpolitewritten
どうやって — how / by what means
どうやって
Meaning
- how? / by what means? — asks about the method or procedure of an action
Key sentence
駅までどうやって行きますか。
How do you get to the station?
Usage
An adverb placed before an action verb; it asks the means or procedure, so it needs something being done.
Examples
これはどうやって作るの？
How do you make this?
どうやって彼の電話番号を調べたの？
How did you find out his phone number?
When you can't use it
- どうやって asks about the means of an action, so it needs an action verb. To ask 'how is it / what's it like', use どう (どうですか), not どうやって.
Easily confused with
See どうやって in real sentences
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Study it in JengoSources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.