どこでバスを降りたらよいのかわからないので、私たちは運転手に尋ねた。

Sentence Analyzer

どこでばすを降りたらよいのかわからないので、私たちは運転手に尋ねた。

English Translation

Not knowing where to get off the bus, I asked the driver.

Furigana

どこでバスを降(お)りたらよいのかわからないので、私(わたし)たちは運転手(うんてんしゅ)に尋(たず)ねた。

Romanji

Doko de basu o oritara yoi no ka wakaranai node, watashitachi wa untenshu ni tazuneta.

Words

何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

バス (バス)

bus; bath; bass

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.

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

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

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

運転手 (うんてんしゅ)

driver; chauffeur

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

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate