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Zach

何社製のコンピューターをお使いですか。

Sentence Analyzer

社製 コンピューター 使い です

English Translation

What make of computer do you use?

Furigana

(なん)社製(しゃせい)のコンピューターをお使(つか)いですか。

Romanji

Nan shasei no konpyu-ta- o o tsukai desu ka.

Words

(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
()
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
コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)
computer
()
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.
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
使い (つかい)
errand; mission; going as envoy; messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; familiar spirit; use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer
です (です)
be; is
()
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

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Reading: セイ
Meanings: made in..., manufacture
使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause