その２冊の本の中でどちらの方が好きでしたか。

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English Translation

Which of the two books did you like better?

Furigana

その２冊(さつ)の本(ほん)の中(なか)でどちらの方(ほう)が好(す)きでしたか。

Romanji

Sono ni satsu no hon no naka de dochira no hō ga suki deshita ka.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

冊 (さつ)

counter for books; volume

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

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

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

デス (デス)

death

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

冊

Readings: サツ、サク、ふみ

Meanings: tome, counter for books, volume

本

Readings: ホン、もと

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

中

Readings: チュウ、なか、うち、あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

方

Readings: ホウ、かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

好

Readings: コウ、この.む、す.く、よ.い、い.い

Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something