あなたはいくつのりんごが欲しいのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた は いくつ の りんご が 欲しい の です か 。

English Translation

How many apples do you want?

Furigana

あなたはいくつのりんごが欲(ほ)しいのですか。

Romanji

Anata wa ikutsu no ringo ga hoshii 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

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

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

林檎 (りんご、へいか、ひょうか、りゅうごう、りんきん、りんき、リンゴ)

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

欲しい (ほしい)

wanted; wished for; in need of; desired; I want (you) to

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

欲

Readings: ヨク、 ほっ.する、 ほ.しい

Meanings: longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving