はじめて彼らに会ったのはいつですか。
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English Translation
When did you see them first?
Furigana
はじめて彼 らに会 ったのはいつですか。
Romanji
Hajimete karera ni atta no wa i tsu desu ka.
Words
初めて
(はじめて)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
彼ら
(かれら)
they (usually male); them
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
会う
(あう)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
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
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
要る
(いる)
to need; to want
つ
(つ)
indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
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