机の上の本は誰のですか。

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机 の 上 の 本 は 誰 の です か 。

English Translation

Whose is the book on the desk?

Furigana

机(つくえ)の上(うえ)の本(ほん)は誰(だれ)のですか。

Romanji

Tsukue no ue no hon wa dare no desu ka.

Words

机 (つくえ、つき)

desk

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

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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

机

Readings: キ、 つくえ

Meanings: desk, table

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody