ろうそくは消されたのではなくて消えたのだ。

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ろうそく は 消された の で は なくて 消えた の だ 。

English Translation

The candle went out instead of having been put out.

Furigana

ろうそくは消(け)されたのではなくて消(き)えたのだ。

Romanji

Rōsoku wa kesareta no de wa nakute kieta no da.

Words

蝋燭 (ろうそく、ローソク、ロウソク)

candle

は (は)

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

消す (けす)

to erase; to delete; to cross out; to turn off power; to extinguish; to put out; to bump off

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

だ (だ)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

消える (きえる)

to go out; to vanish; to disappear

Kanji

消

Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す

Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel