すみませんが、一番近い地下鉄の駅を教えてくれませんか。

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English Translation

Excuse me. Can you direct me to the nearest subway station?

Furigana

すみませんが、一番(いちばん)近(ちか)い地下鉄(ちかてつ)の駅(えき)を教(おし)えてくれませんか。

Romanji

Sumimasen ga, ichiban chikai chikatetsu no eki o oshietekuremasen ka.

Words

済みません (すみません)

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

が (が)

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

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

地下鉄 (ちかてつ)

underground train; subway

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

駅 (えき)

station

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.

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct

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