少しの間、赤ん坊を見てくれませんか。

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少し の 間 、 赤ん坊 を 見てくれません か 。

English Translation

Could you take care of the baby for a while?

Furigana

少(すこ)しの間(ま)、赤(あか)ん坊(ぼう)を見(み)てくれませんか。

Romanji

Sukoshi no ma, akanbō o mitekuremasen ka.

Words

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

赤ん坊 (あかんぼう、あかんぼ)

baby; infant

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

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

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

赤

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる

Meaning: red

坊

Readings: ボウ、 ボッ

Meanings: boy, priest's residence, priest

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

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