昨日手紙を出したのですか。それとも今日ですか。

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English Translation

Did you mail the letter yesterday or today?

Furigana

昨日(きのう)手紙(てがみ)を出(だ)したのですか。それとも今日(きょう)ですか。

Romanji

Kinō tegami o dashita no desu ka. soretomo kyō desu ka.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

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.

出す (だす)

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to show; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish; to make public; to send (e.g. letter); to produce (a sound); to start (fire); to serve (food); to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...

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

其れ共 (それとも)

or; or else

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays