どうしてそんなに古い車がほしいのですか。
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English Translation
What do you want such an old car for?
Furigana
どうしてそんなに古 い車 がほしいのですか。
Romanji
Dōshite sonnani furui kuruma ga hoshii 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
そんなに
(そんなに)
so much; so; like that
古い
(ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
車
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
欲しい
(ほしい)
wanted; wished for; in need of; desired; I want (you) to
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