昨日、窓を壊したのは誰ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

昨日 、 窓 を 壊した の は 誰 です か 。

English Translation

Who was it that broke the window yesterday?

Furigana

昨日(きのう)、窓(まど)を壊(こわ)したのは誰(だれ)ですか。

Romanji

Kinō, mado o kowashita no wa dare desu ka.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

窓 (まど)

window

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.

壊す (こわす)

to break; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage; to break (a bill, etc.)

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

は (は)

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

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

Kanji

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

窓

Readings: ソウ、 ス、 まど、 てんまど、 けむだし

Meanings: window, pane

壊

Readings: カイ、 エ、 こわ.す、 こわ.れる、 やぶ.る

Meanings: demolition, break, destroy

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody