彼がどうして学校を欠席しているか知っているかい。

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English Translation

Do you know why he has been absent from school?

Furigana

彼(かれ)がどうして学校(がっこう)を欠席(けっせき)しているか知(し)っているかい。

Romanji

Kare ga dōshite gakkō o kessekishiteiru ka shitteiru kai.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

学校 (がっこう)

school

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.

欠席 (けっせき)

absence; non-attendance

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

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

かい (かい、かえ)

marks yes-no question