YOU SAID:
do you have any idea what a dog is?
INTO JAPANESE
あなたは犬が何であるか知っていますか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
do you know what a dog is?
INTO JAPANESE
あなたは犬が何であるか知っていますか?
BACK INTO ENGLISH
do you know what a dog is?
That didn't even make that much sense in English.