なぜ泣いているのですか。
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English Translation
Why are you crying?
Furigana
なぜ泣 いているのですか。
Romanji
Naze naiteiru no desu ka.
Words
何故
(なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
泣く
(なく)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
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
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
Readings: キュウ、 な.く
Meanings: cry, weep, moan