メアリーがこのスカートを買ったのはいつですか。

Sentence Analyzer

メアリー が この スカート を 買った の は い つ です か 。

English Translation

When was it that Mary bought this skirt?

Furigana

メアリーがこのスカートを買(か)ったのはいつですか。

Romanji

Meari- ga kono suka-to o katta no wa i tsu desu ka.

Words

が (が)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

スカート (スカート)

skirt

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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

は (は)

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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

Kanji

買

Readings: バイ、 か.う

Meaning: buy