ジョンはメアリーに午後買い物に行きたいかどうか尋ねた。

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English Translation

John asked Mary whether she would like to go shopping in the afternoon.

Furigana

ジョンはメアリーに午後(ごご)買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)きたいかどうか尋(たず)ねた。

Romanji

Jon wa Meari- ni gogo kaimono ni ikitai ka dō ka tazuneta.

Words

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

午後 (ごご)

afternoon; p.m.

買い物 (かいもの)

shopping; purchased goods

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate