どうしてベンチを赤く塗ったのですか。
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English Translation
Why did you paint the bench red?
Furigana
どうしてベンチを赤 く塗 ったのですか。
Romanji
Dōshite benchi o akaku nutta no desu ka.
Words
如何して
(どうして)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
ベンチ
(ベンチ)
bench
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.
赤い
(あかい)
red; Red (i.e. communist)
塗る
(ぬる)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
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