How to ask "Does a new couple rent an apartment or buy an apartment?"


こんにちは皆さん。質問があります。

「A(動詞) や B(動詞) しますか」と聞きたいです。例えば：

> Does a new couple rent an apartment or buy an apartment?

日本語で下の文は正しいですか。

> 新しい夫婦がアパートを借りしますや買いますか。

(オンラインで見つかりませんでした。)




You cannot use や to form a "which of the two" type question. や is a non-
exhaustive listing particle, and you use it to list two or more **nouns**
(i.e., "(things such as) A and B"). You cannot use や to list two verbs, and
even if it could, "things like renting or buying an apartment" is not what you
want to say now, right?

The correct translation is:

> (夫婦は)アパートを借りるのですか、(それとも)買うのですか。  
>  (Does the couple) rent an apartment, (or do they) buy it?

それとも ("or else") is optional, but I suggest you keep it if you're not
confident.

Also note that the correct particle to mark this subject is not が but は.




You cannot use や to form a "which of the two" type question. や is a non-
exhaustive listing particle, and you use it to list two or more **nouns**
(i.e., "(things such as) A and B"). You cannot use や to list two verbs, and
even if it could, "things like renting or buying an apartment" is not what you
want to say now, right?

The correct translation is:

> (夫婦は)アパートを借りるのですか、(それとも)買うのですか。  
>  (Does the couple) rent an apartment, (or do they) buy it?

それとも ("or else") is optional, but I suggest you keep it if you're not
confident.

Also note that the correct particle to mark this subject is not が but は.

