誰が迷子の犬を見つけたのですか。

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誰 が 迷子 の 犬 を 見つけた の です か 。

English Translation

Who has found a lost dog?

Furigana

誰(だれ)が迷子(まいご)の犬(いぬ)を見(み)つけたのですか。

Romanji

Dare ga maigo no inu o mitsuketa no desu ka.

Words

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

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

迷子 (まいご)

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

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

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

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.

見つける (みつける、みっける)

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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

Kanji

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody

迷

Readings: メイ、 まよ.う

Meanings: astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion

子

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね

Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

犬

Readings: ケン、 いぬ、 いぬ-

Meaning: dog

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible