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10-24-2011, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by masaegu View Post
It is incorrect. You do not say 誰 anywhere.
To explicate from a learner's perspective, you can never have a question word as a topic. Imagine the absurdity of this in English: "As for who, is Japanese understood?" That's what 誰は日本語がわかりますか translates to. Nonsensical.

Question words are never followed by は. It's が or some other non-は particle.
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