haha ha koutya wo sosoginagara 「daizyoubu?」 to kikimasita.

は marks 母 as the topic of the sentence.

So 母は means something like:

• As for mother, ...
• Mother ...

It does not always mean the subject in a strict grammatical sense, but in this sentence the topic is also the person doing the actions.

を marks the direct object of the verb.

Here, the verb is 注ぐ = to pour, so the thing being poured is 紅茶.

• 紅茶を注ぐ = to pour tea

So を shows what mother is pouring.

注ぎながら comes from the verb 注ぐ (to pour) plus ながら.

It means:

• while pouring
• as she poured

So 紅茶を注ぎながら means while pouring tea.

This tells us that the pouring and the asking happened at the same time.

ながら attaches to the verb stem and means while doing ....

Examples:

• 食べながら話す = talk while eating
• 音楽を聞きながら勉強する = study while listening to music

In your sentence:

• 注ぐ → verb stem 注ぎ
• 注ぎながら = while pouring

A common pattern is:

• AながらB = do B while doing A

Usually the same person does both actions. Here, mother is both pouring and asking.

と marks the content of what was said or asked.

With verbs like:

• 言う = say
• 聞く = ask
• 思う = think

Japanese often puts the quoted or reported words before と.

So:

• 「大丈夫？」と聞きました = asked, Are you okay?

You can think of と here as a quotation marker.

Good question. 聞く can mean both:

• to hear / listen
• to ask

The meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, because it follows quoted speech:

• 「大丈夫？」と聞きました

it clearly means:

• asked, “Are you okay?”

So here 聞く is not listen, but ask.

聞きました is the polite past form of 聞く.

• dictionary form: 聞く
• polite non-past: 聞きます
• polite past: 聞きました

It is past because the sentence is narrating something that already happened.

It is polite because the sentence is written in ます style.

Yes. Japanese often leaves out words that are understood from context.

大丈夫？ literally is just okay? / all right?

The full idea could be something like:

• あなたは大丈夫？ = Are you okay?
• 気分は大丈夫？ = Are you feeling okay?

But Japanese usually omits あなたは and similar parts when they are obvious.

So 大丈夫？ sounds natural and common.

They show the exact words that were spoken.

So the structure is:

• spoken words: 大丈夫？
• quotation marker: と
• reporting verb: 聞きました

This is a very common pattern in Japanese.

Yes, that is a very good way to understand it.

The basic structure is:

• 母は = mother
• 紅茶を注ぎながら = while pouring tea
• 「大丈夫？」と = “Are you okay?”
• 聞きました = asked

So the sentence order is very natural for Japanese: topic → object/action detail → quoted words → verb

When talking about your own mother to someone else, Japanese often uses 母.

• 母 = my mother / one’s mother, in a plain or neutral way
• お母さん = mom / mother, often when addressing her directly or referring to someone else’s mother more politely

So in narration, 母 is very normal.

Yes. The exact English translation depends on style.

Possible translations include:

• while pouring tea
• as she poured the tea
• pouring tea, she asked...

The Japanese meaning is the same: the pouring was happening at the same time as the asking.

The sentence does not say explicitly.

Japanese often leaves that out when it is clear from context. So it means mother asked someone:

• Are you okay?
• You all right?

The listener is understood from the situation, not from the grammar of this sentence itself.