パパは私たちのアパートの下の事務所にいたのよ。

Sentence Analyzer

ぱぱは私たちのアパートの下の事務所にいたのよ。

English Translation

Daddy was in his office, under our flat.

Furigana

パパは私(わたし)たちのアパートの下(した)の事務所(じむしょ)にいたのよ。

Romanji

Papa wa watashitachi no apa-to no shita no jimusho ni ita no yo.

Words

パパ (パパ)

Papa

は (は)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

アパート (アパート)

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

下 (した)

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

事務所 (じむしょ)

office

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!