彼が突然やって来たのはなぜだったのか教えてください。

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English Translation

Let me know why it was that he came suddenly.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が突然(とつぜん)やって来(き)たのはなぜだったのか教(おし)えてください。

Romanji

Kare ga totsuzen yattekita no wa naze datta no ka oshiete kudasai.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

突然 (とつぜん)

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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

は (は)

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

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor