彼女が病気なのをどうして知りましたか。
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English Translation
How did you get to know she was ill?
Furigana
Romanji
Kanojo ga byōki na no o dōshite shirimashita ka.
Words
彼女
(かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
病気
(びょうき)
illness; disease; sickness
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
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
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.
如何して
(どうして)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
知る
(しる)
to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern
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