Example sentences
Formation
(i) Vpotential negativeない | もの(だろう) か | |
食べられないもの(だろう) か | Someone wishes to eat something/someone wonders if he could (literally: couldn’t) eat something | |
(ii) Wh-word+Vinformal past | ものかとV | Where V=verb of thinking |
どこへ行ったものかと{思う/考える} | Someone things about where he should go | |
どうしたものか(と){迷う/思案する} | Someone wonders what to do |