あなたはルーシーが日本語を話すことができるかどうか知っていますか。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた は ルーシー が 日本語 を 話す こと が できる か どうか 知っています か 。

English Translation

Do you know if Lucy can speak Japanese?

Furigana

あなたはルーシーが日本語(にほんご)を話(はな)すことができるかどうか知(し)っていますか。

Romanji

Anata wa Ru-Shi- ga nihongo o hanasu koto ga dekiru ka dōka shitteimasu ka.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

は (は)

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

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.

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

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

どうか (どうか)

please; somehow or other

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

Kanji

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

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

語

Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう

Meanings: word, speech, language

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom