あなたの名字はどうつづるのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた 名字 どう つづる です

English Translation

How do you spell your family name?

Furigana

あなたの名字(みょうじ)はどうつづるのですか。

Romanji

Anata no myōji wa dō tsuzuru 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)
()
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
名字 (みょうじ)
surname; family name
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
綴る (つづる)
to spell; to compose; to frame; to write; to bind together (e.g. the pages of a book); to sew up; to stitch together; to patch
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

Kanji

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 な、 -な
Meanings: name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な
Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village