父は以前ビールを飲んでいたが、今は日本酒を飲む。

Sentence Analyzer

父は以前びーるを飲んでいたが、今は日本酒を飲む。

English Translation

My father used to drink beer, but now he drinks sake.

Furigana

父(ちち)は以前(いぜん)ビールを飲(の)んでいたが、今(いま)は日本酒(にっぽんしゅ)を飲(の)む。

Romanji

Chichi wa izen bi-ru o nondeita ga, ima wa Nipponshu o nomu.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

ビール (ビール、ビア、ビヤ、ビヤー、ビーア、ビアー)

beer

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

が (が)

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

日本酒 (にほんしゅ)

sake; Japanese rice wine