あなたは忙しいのですかと私は彼に聞きました。
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English Translation
I asked him if he was busy.
Furigana
あなたは忙 しいのですかと私 は彼 に聞 きました。
Romanji
Anata wa isogashii no desu ka to watashi wa kare ni kikimashita.
Words
貴方
(あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
忙しい
(いそがしい、せわしい)
busy; hectic; occupied; engaged
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
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
彼
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
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
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