子供はどうして理解力を身につけるのでしょうか。

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English Translation

How does a child acquire that understanding?

Furigana

子供(こども)はどうして理解力(りかいりょく)を身(み)につけるのでしょうか。

Romanji

Kodomo wa dōshite rikairyoku o mi ni tsukeru no deshō ka.

Words

子供 (こども)

child; children

は (は)

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

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

理解力 (りかいりょく)

(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

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.

身 (み)

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

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

デス (デス)

death

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