誰が空気を発見したのか、教えて下さい。

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誰が空気を発見したのか、教えて下さい。

English Translation

Tell me who discovered air.

Furigana

誰(だれ)が空気(くうき)を発見(はっけん)したのか、教(おし)えて下(くだ)さい。

Romanji

Dare ga kūki o hakkenshita no ka, oshiete kudasai.

Words

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

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

空気 (くうき)

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

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.

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

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

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

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor