あなたは何故そう考えるのですか。
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English Translation
Why do you think so?
Furigana
あなたは何故 そう考 えるのですか。
Romanji
Anata wa naze sō kangaeru no 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
何故
(なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
そう
(そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
考える
(かんがえる)
to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
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