父は、今アメリカで働いていますが、先週手紙を送ってきました。

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English Translation

My father, who is now working in America, wrote us a letter last week.

Furigana

父(ちち)は、今(こん)アメリカで働(はたら)いていますが、先週(せんしゅう)手紙(てがみ)を送(おく)ってきました。

Romanji

Chichi wa, kon Amerika de hataraiteimasu ga, senshū tegami o okuttekimashita.

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

今 (こん)

the current ...; this; today's ...

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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.

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

が (が)

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

先週 (せんしゅう)

last week; the week before

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

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.

送る (おくる)

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time); to live one's life; to pass (down the line); to affix okurigana