どれを買うかを私たちが決めるのは困難であった。

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English Translation

It was difficult for us to decide which one to buy.

Furigana

どれを買(か)うかを私(わたし)たちが決(き)めるのは困難(こんなん)であった。

Romanji

Dore o kau ka o watashitachi ga kimeru no wa konnan de atta.

Words

何れ (どれ)

which (of three or more); whichever; any; well; now; let me see

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

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

決める (きめる)

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

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

は (は)

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

困難 (こんなん)

difficulty; distress

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...