あなたの母語はなんですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた 母語 なん です

English Translation

What is your mother tongue?

Furigana

あなたの母語(ぼご)はなんですか。

Romanji

Anata no bogo wa nan 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
母語 (ぼご)
mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
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: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language