もしジェーンのお母さんが日本にいれば、ひな祭りに招待できるのに。

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English Translation

If Jane's mother were in Japan, I could invite her to the Doll's Festival.

Furigana

もしジェーンのお母(かあ)さんが日本(にっぽん)にいれば、ひな祭(まつ)りに招待(しょうたい)できるのに。

Romanji

Moshi Jye-N no okāsan ga Nippon ni ireba, hinamatsuri ni shōtai dekiru noni.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

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

お母さん (おかあさん)

mother

が (が)

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

要る (いる)

to need; to want

雛祭 (ひなまつり)

Girls' Festival (March 3rd); Dolls' Festival

招待 (しょうたい、しょうだい)

invitation

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to