なぜ彼らの申し出を断ったのか、私に教えてくれないか。

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English Translation

Would you tell me why you have refused their offer?

Furigana

なぜ彼(かれ)らの申(もう)し出(で)を断(ことわ)ったのか、私(わたし)に教(おし)えてくれないか。

Romanji

Naze karera no mōshide o kotowatta no ka, watashi ni oshietekurenai ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

申し出 (もうしで、もうしいで)

proposal; request; claim; report; notice; offer

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.

断る (ことわる)

to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline; to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct