あなたは佐知子さんとアキ子さんとではどちらが好きですか。
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English Translation
Who do you like better, Sachiko or Akiko?
Furigana
あなたは佐知子 さんとアキ子 さんとではどちらが好 きですか。
Romanji
Anata wa Sachiko san to Akiko san to de wa dochira ga suki desu ka.
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
さん
(さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
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.
何方
(どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)
which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
好き
(すき)
liking; fondness; love
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