わたしたちは、ボッブがマージを追いかけても無駄であることを知っていた。なぜなら、マージはすでに婚約をしていたから。

Sentence Analyzer

わたしたちは、ぼっぶがマージを追いかけても無駄であることを知っていた。なぜなら、マージはすでに婚約をしていたから。

English Translation

We all knew that Bob was on a wild-goose chase after Marge, because she was already happily engaged.

Furigana

わたしたちは、ボッブがマージを追(お)いかけても無駄(むだ)であることを知(し)っていた。なぜなら、マージはすでに婚約(こんやく)をしていたから。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa, bobbu ga ma-ji o oikakete mo muda de aru koto o shitteita. nazenara, ma-ji wa sudeni kon'yaku o shiteita kara.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

ポップ (ポップ)

pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)

が (が)

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

マージ (マージ)

merge

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.

追いかける (おいかける)

to chase; to run after; to pursue

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

無駄 (むだ)

futility; uselessness; pointlessness

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

何故なら (なぜなら)

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

既に (すでに、すんでに)

already; too late

婚約 (こんやく)

engagement; betrothal

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since