あの屋根の見える建物は何という名前ですか。

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English Translation

What is the name of the building whose roof you can see?

Furigana

あの屋根(やね)の見(み)える建物(たてもの)は何(なに)という名前(なまえ)ですか。

Romanji

Ano yane no mieru tatemono wa nani toiu namae desu ka.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

屋根 (やね)

roof

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

建物 (たてもの)

building

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

名前 (なまえ)

name; full name; given name; first name

です (です)

be; is

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