マストが折れて僕たちの船は漂流し始めた。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

The mast broke and our ship went adrift.

Furigana

マストが折(お)れて僕(ぼく)たちの船(ふね)は漂流(ひょうりゅう)し始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Masuto ga orete bokutachi no fune wa hyōryūshihajimeta.

Words

マスト (マスト)

mast; necessary; mandatory; indispensable; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine

が (が)

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

折れる (おれる)

to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit; to turn (a corner)

僕達 (ぼくたち)

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

船 (ふね)

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

は (は)

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

漂流 (ひょうりゅう)

drifting; drift