彼らは毎年羊の毛を刈るのですか。

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彼らは毎年羊の毛を刈るのですか。

English Translation

Do they clip the sheep every year?

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは毎年(まいとし)羊(ひつじ)の毛(け)を刈(か)るのですか。

Romanji

Karera wa maitoshi hitsuji no ke o karu no desu ka.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

毎年 (まいとし、まいねん)

every year; yearly; annually

羊 (ひつじ、ヒツジ)

sheep (Ovis aries)

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

毛 (け)

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage; feathers

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.

刈る (かる)

to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune

です (です)

be; is

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