Japanese - Ask questions thread

Basically if you have a question about the language, ask it and fellow 4channers might see it and answer it for you.

To start it off. When an animate object (iru) dies, is it considered inanimate(aru)?

If you see a question without any context, like 何できた？

How would you know if it is なにで or なんで since they both imply two completely different meanings..