いかが

いかが · ikaga · JLPT N5 · adverb

how

ika (how, as in ikani) + ga: the polite cousin of dou

Contracted from older ikani ka, built on the classical question stem ika- (how). The same stem gives ikani and ikanaru. Today it is the polite swap for dou: Ocha wa ikaga desu ka = How about some tea?

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