あなたの給料はインフレに追いつきますか。
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English Translation
Is your salary keeping up with inflation?
Furigana
あなたの給料 はインフレに追 いつきますか。
Romanji
Anata no kyūryō wa infure ni oitsukimasu 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
給料
(きゅうりょう)
salary; wages
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
インフレ
(インフレ)
inflation
に
(に)
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
追いつく
(おいつく)
to overtake; to catch up (with)
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