どの村にも二つの教会があるようですが、どうしてか説明して下さい。

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English Translation

Can you please tell me why there seem to be two churches in every village?

Furigana

どの村(むら)にも二(ふた)つの教会(きょうかい)があるようですが、どうしてか説明(せつめい)して下(くだ)さい。

Romanji

Dono mura ni mo futatsu no kyōkai ga aru yō desu ga, dōshite ka setsumeishite kudasai.

Words

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

村 (むら)

village

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

二つ (ふたつ)

two

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

教会 (きょうかい)

church

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

です (です)

be; is

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

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

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor