あなたはバスで通学するのですか、それとも電車でですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた ばす 通学する です それとも 電車 です

English Translation

Do you go to school by bus or by train?

Furigana

あなたはバスで通学(つうがく)するのですか、それとも電車(でんしゃ)でですか。

Romanji

Anata wa basu de tsūgakusuru no desu ka, soretomo densha de desu ka.

Words

貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
バス (バス)
bus; bath; bass
(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.
通学 (つうがく)
commuting to school; school commute
()
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
()
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
其れ共 (それとも)
or; or else
電車 (でんしゃ)
train; electric train
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car