どうしてあなたはそう考えたのですか。
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English Translation
What made you think so?
Furigana
どうしてあなたはそう考 えたのですか。
Romanji
Dōshite anata wa sō kangaeta 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
貴方
(あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
そう
(そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
考える
(かんがえる)
to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
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
Kanji
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over