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Zach

どうして昨夜、私に電話しなかったのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

どうして 昨夜 電話しなかった です

English Translation

How come you didn't call me last night?

Furigana

どうして昨夜(さくや)(わたし)電話(でんわ)しなかったのですか。

Romanji

Dōshite sakuya, watashi ni denwashinakatta no desu ka.

Words

如何して (どうして)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for
夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)
evening; last night
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
()
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
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

Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ヤ、 よ、 よる
Meanings: night, evening
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk