先生たちは、新しい校舎をどこに建てるべきか決定できなかった。

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English Translation

The teachers could not decide where to build the new schoolhouse.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)たちは、新(あたら)しい校舎(こうしゃ)をどこに建(た)てるべきか決定(けってい)できなかった。

Romanji

Senseitachi wa, atarashii kōsha o doko ni tateru beki ka kettei dekinakatta.

Words

は (は)

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

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

校舎 (こうしゃ)

school building

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.

何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

建てる (たてる)

to build; to construct

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

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

決定 (けってい)

decision; determination

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