Let's learn about "화장실은 어디 있나요?"

화장실은 어디 있나요? : Where can I wash my hands?; Where is the men’s/ladies’ room?; Where can I find the restroom?; Can you tell me where the washroom is?

[other expressions]

- 화장실은 어디 있니? (to younger people or friends)

- 화장실은 어디 있나? (to younger people or friends)

- 화장실은 어디 있어? (to younger people or friends)

- 화장실은 어디 있는지? (to younger people or friends)

- 화장실은 어디 있나요? (honourific by '-요')

- 화장실은 어디 있어요? (honourific by '-요')

- 화장실은 어디 있는지요? (honourific by '-요')

- 화장실은 어디 있는가요? (more honourific by ‘시’)

- 화장실은 어디 있습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 화장실 : toilet; bathroom

* -은 / -이 : a particle makes 화장실 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 어디 : where

* -에 : a place suffix; this omitted

* 있다 : [Pronunciation: 읻따] be; exist; there is[are]

* 있는지요? : 있(the stem of 있다) + -는지?(a interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 있는가요? : 있(the stem of 있다) + -는가?(a interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 있습니까 : 있(the stem of 있다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? / -는지? / -ㄴ지? / -어? / -아? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -나? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? / -는지? / -ㄴ지? / -어? / -아? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니까? / -십니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-시-‘ / ‘-요’