私はペンをなくしました。捜すのを手伝ってくださいませんか。

Sentence Analyzer

私はぺんをなくしました。捜すのを手伝ってくださいませんか。

English Translation

I have lost my pen. Will you help me look for it?

Furigana

私(わたし)はペンをなくしました。捜(さが)すのを手伝(てつだ)ってくださいませんか。

Romanji

Watashi wa pen o nakushimashita. sagasu no o tetsudattekudasaimasen ka.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

ペン (ペン)

pen

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.

無くす (なくす)

to lose something; to get rid of; to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)

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

手伝う (てつだう)

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

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

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

捜

Readings: ソウ、シュ、シュウ、さが.す

Meanings: search, look for, locate

手

Readings: シュ、ズ、て、て-、 -て、た-

Meaning: hand

伝

Readings: デン、テン、つた.わる、つた.える、つた.う、つだ.う、 -づた.い、つて

Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition