私がこのお皿を洗うのを手伝ってくれますか。

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私 が この お 皿 を 洗う の を 手伝ってくれます か 。

English Translation

Can you help me wash these dishes?

Furigana

私(わたし)がこのお皿(さら)を洗(あら)うのを手伝(てつだ)ってくれますか。

Romanji

Watashi ga kono o sara o arau no o tetsudattekuremasu ka.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

皿 (さら)

plate; dish; platter; disc; serving; helping; course; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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.

洗う (あらう)

to wash; to investigate

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

皿

Readings: ベイ、 さら

Meanings: dish, a helping, plate

洗

Readings: セン、 あら.う

Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe

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