「何時帰ってきたのですか」「一昨日です」

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English Translation

"When did you return?" "I came back the day before yesterday."

Furigana

「何(なん)時(じ)帰(かえ)ってきたのですか」「一昨日(おととい)です」

Romanji

" nan ji kaettekita no desu ka"" ototoi desu"

Words

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

時 (じ)

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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

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

一昨日 (おととい、おとつい、いっさくじつ)

day before yesterday