どちらがあなたの本ですか、この本それともあの本。

Sentence Analyzer

どちら が あなた の 本 です か 、 この 本 それとも あの 本 。

English Translation

Which is your book, this one or that one?

Furigana

どちらがあなたの本(ほん)ですか、この本(ほん)それともあの本(ほん)。

Romanji

Dochira ga anata no hon desu ka, kono hon soretomo ano hon.

Words

何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)

which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

が (が)

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

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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

此の (この)

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

其れ共 (それとも)

or; or else

あのう (あのう、あの、あのー)

say; well; errr ...

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things