彼らは毎年羊の毛を刈るのですか。
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English Translation
Do they clip the sheep every year?
Furigana
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