部屋を掃除するように命じましたか。

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部屋 を 掃除する ように 命じました か 。

English Translation

Did you order the room to be swept?

Furigana

部屋(へや)を掃除(そうじ)するように命(めい)じましたか。

Romanji

Heya o sōjisuru yōni meijimashita ka.

Words

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

掃除 (そうじ)

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

命じる (めいじる)

to order; to command; to appoint

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

屋

Readings: オク、 や

Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

掃

Readings: ソウ、 シュ、 は.く

Meanings: sweep, brush

除

Readings: ジョ、 ジ、 のぞ.く、 -よ.け

Meanings: exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except

命

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち

Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint