滞在の目的は何ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

滞在 の 目的 は 何 です か 。

English Translation

What's the purpose of your visit?

Furigana

滞在(たいざい)の目的(もくてき)は何(なに)ですか。

Romanji

Taizai no mokuteki wa nani desu ka.

Words

滞在 (たいざい)

stay; sojourn

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

目的 (もくてき)

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

は (は)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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

滞

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 とどこお.る

Meanings: stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears

在

Readings: ザイ、 あ.る

Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

的

Readings: テキ、 まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what