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けいかん
警官
は
おんな
女
の
こたち
子達
にこの
くるま
車
は
じぶんたち
自分達
のものであるかを
き
聞
いた。
The policeman asked the girls if that car was theirs.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
警官は女の子達にこの車は自分達のものであるかを聞いた。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
警官は女の子達にこの車は自分達のものであるかを聞いた。
particle か particle か
 
embedded / indirect questions
警官は女の子達にこの車は自分達のものであるかを聞いた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
警官は女の子達にこの車は自分達のものであるかを聞いた。
Conjugations and inflections
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
  聞いた is the past form of 'ku' godan verb 聞く   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
け い か ん 0
noun
police officer; policeman; constable  (see also: 警察官)
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お ん な の こ 3
expression, noun
1. girl; daughter
2. young woman
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く る ま 0
Most common form: くるま
noun
1. car; automobile; vehicle
2. wheel
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ourselves
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も の 3 も の 2 も の 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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き く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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Kanji
警
ケイ   admonish
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敬
ケイ   うやまう to respect, revere   
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艹
grass   
句
ク    verse, phrase   
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勹
wrap
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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攵
ぼく strike   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
官
カン    bureaucrat   
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㠯
two mouths
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宀
roof   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
子
シ   ス   こ child   
達
タツ    arrive   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
⻌
move
車
シャ   くるま car   
自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
聞
ブン   モン   きく to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
門
モン   かど gate   
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