あなたが学校に遅れた理由を言いなさい。

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あなたが学校に遅れた理由を言いなさい。

English Translation

Tell me the reason why you were late for school.

Furigana

あなたが学校(がっこう)に遅(おく)れた理由(りゆう)を言(い)いなさい。

Romanji

Anata ga gakkō ni okureta riyū o ii nasai.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

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

が (が)

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

学校 (がっこう)

school

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

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

為さる (なさる)

to do