マイクのお母さんは結婚する前は大きな都市に住んでいた。

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English Translation

Mike's mother lived in a big city before she married.

Furigana

マイクのお母(かあ)さんは結婚(けっこん)する前(まえ)は大(おお)きな都市(とし)に住(す)んでいた。

Romanji

Maiku no okāsan wa kekkonsuru mae wa ōkina toshi ni sundeita.

Words

マイク (マイク)

mike; mic; microphone

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

は (は)

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

都市 (とし)

town; city; municipal; urban

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide