今彼を説得して何か益があるだろうか。

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今彼を説得して何か益があるだろうか。

English Translation

Will it do me any good to try to persuade him now?

Furigana

今(いま)彼(かれ)を説得(せっとく)して何(なに)か益(えき)があるだろうか。

Romanji

Ima kare o settokushite nani ka eki ga aru darou ka.

Words

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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.

説得 (せっとく)

persuasion

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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

益 (えき、やく、よう)

benefit; use; good; advantage; gain; profit; gains

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative