警官は女の子達にこの車は自分たちの物であるかどうかをたずねた。

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English Translation

The policeman said to the girls, "Is this car yours?"

Furigana

警官(けいかん)は女(おんな)の子達(こたち)にこの車(くるま)は自分(じぶん)たちの物(もの)であるかどうかをたずねた。

Romanji

Keikan wa onnanokotachi ni kono kuruma wa jibuntachi no mono de aru ka dō ka o tazuneta.

Words

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

は (は)

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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

物 (もの、もん)

thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

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.

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate