外国の切手を持ってますか。

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外国 の 切手 を 持ってます か 。

English Translation

Do you have any foreign stamps?

Furigana

外国(がいこく)の切手(きって)を持(も)ってますか。

Romanji

Gaikoku no kitte o mottemasu ka.

Words

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

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

切手 (きって)

stamp (postage); merchandise certificate

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

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

外

Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-

Meaning: outside

国

Readings: コク、 くに

Meaning: country

切

Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ

Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

持

Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる

Meanings: hold, have