いつそのニュースを聞いたのですか。
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English Translation
When did you hear the news?
Furigana
いつそのニュースを聞 いたのですか。
Romanji
I tsu sono nyu-su o kiita no desu ka.
Words
要る
(いる)
to need; to want
つ
(つ)
indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound 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...
ニュース
(ニュース、ニューズ)
news
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.
聞く
(きく)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance
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: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen