なぜ昨晩眠れなかったのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

なぜ 昨晩 眠れなかった です

English Translation

Why couldn't you sleep last night?

Furigana

なぜ昨晩(さくばん)(ねむ)れなかったのですか。

Romanji

Naze sakuban nemurenakatta no desu ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
昨晩 (さくばん)
last night
()
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
です (です)
be; is
()
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

Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Reading: バン
Meanings: nightfall, night
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy