私の兄の隣に座って話しかけている女性は誰ですか。

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English Translation

Who is the woman talking to my brother sitting next to him?

Furigana

私(わたし)の兄(あに)の隣(となり)に座(すわ)って話(はな)しかけている女性(じょせい)は誰(だれ)ですか。

Romanji

Watashi no ani no tonari ni suwatte hanashikaketeiru josei wa dare desu ka.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

隣 (となり)

neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)

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

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

話しかける (はなしかける)

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

は (は)

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

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