父は電気が消えているかどうか確かめる。

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父 は 電気 が 消えている か どう か 確かめる 。

English Translation

Father makes sure that the light is off.

Furigana

父(ちち)は電気(でんき)が消(き)えているかどうか確(たし)かめる。

Romanji

Chichi wa denki ga kieteiru ka dō ka tashikameru.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

電気 (でんき)

electricity; (electric) light

が (が)

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

消える (きえる)

to go out; to vanish; to disappear

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

確かめる (たしかめる)

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

Kanji

父

Readings: フ、 ちち

Meaning: father

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

消

Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す

Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

確

Readings: カク、 コウ、 たし.か、 たし.かめる

Meanings: assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident