屋根が緑色の建物は何ですか。

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屋根が緑色の建物は何ですか。

English Translation

What is that building with the green roof?

Furigana

屋根(やね)が緑色(りょくしょく)の建物(たてもの)は何(なに)ですか。

Romanji

Yane ga ryokushoku no tatemono wa nani desu ka.

Words

屋根 (やね)

roof

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

緑色 (みどりいろ、りょくしょく、すいしょく)

green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

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

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!

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