山田先生は物理の先生ですか、化学の先生ですか。

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English Translation

Is Mr Yamada a physics or a chemistry teacher?

Furigana

山田(やまだ)先生(せんせい)は物理(ぶつり)の先生(せんせい)ですか、化学(かがく)の先生(せんせい)ですか。

Romanji

Yamada sensei wa butsuri no sensei desu ka, kagaku no sensei desu ka.

Words

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

は (は)

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

物理 (ぶつり)

physics; law of nature

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

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

化学 (かがく、ばけがく)

chemistry; chemical company (e.g. Acme Chemical Co.)