ブレントはアメリカ人であるが、彼はまるで自分の母語であるかのように日本語を話せる。

Sentence Analyzer

ぶれんとはあめりか人であるが、彼はまるで自分の母語であるかのように日本語を話せる。

English Translation

Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.

Furigana

ブレントはアメリカ人(じん)であるが、彼(かれ)はまるで自分(じぶん)の母語(ぼご)であるかのように日本語(にほんご)を話(はな)せる。

Romanji

Burento wa Amerikajin de aru ga, kare wa marude jibun no bogo de aru ka no yōni nihongo o hanaseru.

Words

フレンド (フレンド)

friend

は (は)

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

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

丸で (まるで)

quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

母語 (ぼご)

mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

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.

話せる (はなせる)

to be able to speak; to be able to talk; to be understanding; to be sensible