もし君が原始社会の一員で、たとえば食料を生産したいと思うならば、君がしなければならないことが二つある。

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English Translation

If you are a member of a primitive community and you wish to produce, say, food, there are two things that you must do.

Furigana

もし君(きみ)が原始(げんし)社会(しゃかい)の一員(いちいん)で、たとえば食料(しょくりょう)を生産(せいさん)したいと思(おも)うならば、君(きみ)がしなければならないことが二(ふた)つある。

Romanji

Moshi kimi ga genshi shakai no ichiin de, tatoeba shokuryō o seisanshitai to omou naraba, kimi ga shinakerebanaranai koto ga futatsu aru.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

が (が)

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

原始 (げんし)

origin; primeval

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

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

一員 (いちいん)

person; member

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

例えば (たとえば)

for example; e.g.

食料 (しょくりょう)

food

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.

生産 (せいさん)

production; manufacture

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

だ (だ)

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

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

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

二つ (ふたつ)

two

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about