あなたの友達はいつアメリカへ出発しましたか。

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あなた の 友達 は い つ アメリカ へ 出発しました か 。

English Translation

When did your friend leave for America?

Furigana

あなたの友達(ともだち)はいつアメリカへ出発(しゅっぱつ)しましたか。

Romanji

Anata no tomodachi wa i tsu Amerika e shuppatsushimashita ka.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

要る (いる)

to need; to want

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

出発 (しゅっぱつ)

departure

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

友

Readings: ユウ、 とも

Meaning: friend

達

Readings: タツ、 ダ、 -たち

Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

発

Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots