ボールは何でできていたのでしょう。何千年も前には、エジプト人はボールを柔らかい革か布で作っていました。

Sentence Analyzer

ぼーるは何でできていたのでしょう。何千年も前には、えじぷと人はぼーるを柔らかい革か布で作っていました。

English Translation

What were the balls made of? Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians made balls out of soft leather or cloth.

Furigana

ボールは何(なん)でできていたのでしょう。何(なに)千(せん)年(ねん)も前(まえ)には、エジプト人(ん)はボールを柔(やわ)らかい革(かわ)か布(ぬの)で作(つく)っていました。

Romanji

Bo-ru wa nande dekiteita no deshō. nani sen nen mo mae ni wa, Ejiputojin wa bo-ru o yawarakai kawa ka nuno de tsukutteimashita.

Words

ホール (ホール)

hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant

は (は)

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

何で (なんで)

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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 (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

デス (デス)

death

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

千 (せん、ち)

1,000; thousand

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

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

エジプト人 (エジプトじん)

Egyptian (person)

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.

柔らかい (やわらかい)

soft; tender; limp

革 (かわ)

leather

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

布 (ぬの、ふ、にの、にぬ)

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

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.

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)