GRAMMAR DETAIL

どれ

which one

Is used without a following noun to select or identify one item from among several.

Examples

どれがあなたの靴ですか。

Which ones are your shoes?

どれを先に読みますか。

Which one will you read first?

Structure: どれ stands for one item among several and takes a following particle.
Basic usage: It asks which item to select or identify.
- どれを先に読みますか。 asks which item will be read first.

Asking with a noun
- To name the kind of item, put a noun after どの, as in どの本. どれ stands for the item without naming it.
Range of alternatives
- Distinguish どれ for choosing among several objects from どちら for choosing between two sides. It also differs in focus from 何, which can ask about a kind or content without a previously presented set of items.