あなたは何の科目を専攻しているのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた は 何 の 科目 を 専攻している の です か 。

English Translation

What subject do you major in?

Furigana

あなたは何(なに)の科目(かもく)を専攻(せんこう)しているのですか。

Romanji

Anata wa nani no kamoku o senkōshiteiru 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 (なに、なん)

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

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

科目 (かもく)

(school) subject; curriculum; course

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.

専攻 (せんこう)

major subject; special study

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

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what

科

Reading: カ

Meanings: department, course, section

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

専

Readings: セン、 もっぱ.ら

Meanings: specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely

攻

Readings: コウ、 せ.める

Meanings: aggression, attack, criticize, polish