あなたは去年、クリスマスカードを何枚書きましたか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた は 去年 、 クリスマスカード を 何 枚 書きました か 。

English Translation

How many Christmas cards did you write last year?

Furigana

あなたは去年(きょねん)、クリスマスカードを何(なん)枚(まい)書(か)きましたか。

Romanji

Anata wa kyonen, kurisumasuka-do o nan mai kakimashita 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

去年 (きょねん、こぞ)

last year

クリスマスカード (クリスマスカード、クリスマス・カード)

Christmas card

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.

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

枚 (まい)

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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

去

Readings: キョ、 コ、 さ.る、 -さ.る

Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what

枚

Readings: マイ、 バイ

Meanings: sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets

書

Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき

Meaning: write