ジョンのお父さんが心臓発作で亡くなったのを知っていますか。

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English Translation

Do you know John's father died of a heart attack?

Furigana

ジョンのお父(とう)さんが心臓(しんぞう)発作(ほっさ)で亡(な)くなったのを知(し)っていますか。

Romanji

Jon no otōsan ga shinzō hossa de nakunatta no o shitteimasu ka.

Words

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

お父さん (おとうさん、おとっさん)

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

が (が)

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

心臓 (しんぞう)

heart; guts; nerve; cheek; gall; spine; central part

発作 (ほっさ)

fit; spasm; attack; seizure

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.

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

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