あなたは亜紀子さんと佐知子さんとどちらが好きですか。

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あなた は 亜紀子 さん と 佐知子 さん と どちら が 好き です か 。

English Translation

Who do you like better, Akiko or Sachiko?

Furigana

あなたは亜紀子(あきこ)さんと佐知子(さちこ)さんとどちらが好(す)きですか。

Romanji

Anata wa Akiko san to Sachiko san to 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)

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

Kanji

亜

Readings: ア、 つ.ぐ

Meanings: Asia, rank next, come after, -ous

紀

Reading: キ

Meanings: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period

子

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね

Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

佐

Reading: サ

Meanings: assistant, help

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom

好

Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い

Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something