電信を発明したのは誰だか知っていますか。

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English Translation

Do you know who invented the telegraph?

Furigana

電信(でんしん)を発明(はつめい)したのは誰(だれ)だか知(し)っていますか。

Romanji

Denshin o hatsumeishita no wa dare da ka shitteimasu ka.

Words

電信 (でんしん)

telegraph

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.

発明 (はつめい)

invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

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

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