バイキングのほうがコロンブスより先にアメリカを発見したと言われている。

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ばいきんぐのほうがコロンブスより先にアメリカを発見したと言われている。

English Translation

It is said that the Vikings preceded Columbus in discovering America.

Furigana

バイキングのほうがコロンブスより先(さき)にアメリカを発見(はっけん)したと言(い)われている。

Romanji

Baikingu no hō ga Koronbusu yori saki ni Amerika o hakkenshita to iwareteiru.

Words

ハイキング (ハイキング)

hiking

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

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

が (が)

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

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

先 (さき)

previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); front; ahead; the other side; the future; hereafter; destination; the other party

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

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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.

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise