あなたはお父さんの手伝いをした方がよい。
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English Translation
You had better help your father.
Furigana
あなたはお父 さんの手伝 いをした方 がよい。
Romanji
Anata wa otōsan no tetsudai o shita hō ga yoi.
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
お父さん
(おとうさん、おとっさん)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada
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
手伝い
(てつだい)
helper; assistant; help
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.
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
方
(かた)
direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
良い
(よい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK