今年は梅雨が早く始まると思いますか。

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今年は梅雨が早く始まると思いますか。

English Translation

Do you think the rainy season will set in early this year?

Furigana

今年(ことし)は梅雨(つゆ)が早(はや)く始(はじ)まると思(おも)いますか。

Romanji

Kotoshi wa tsuyu ga hayaku hajimaru to omoimasu ka.

Words

今年 (ことし、こんねん)

this year

は (は)

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

梅雨 (つゆ、ばいう)

rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

が (が)

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

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

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