机の上にあるペンは何本ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

机 の 上に ある ぺん は 何 本 です か 。

English Translation

How many pens are there on the desk?

Furigana

机(つくえ)の上(うえ)にあるペンは何(なん)本(ほん)ですか。

Romanji

Tsukue no ueni aru pen wa nan hon 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

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

ペン (ペン)

pen

は (は)

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

何 (なに、なん)

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

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

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

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

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