その理論は２８才の物理学者が初めて提唱した。

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English Translation

This theory originated with a twenty-eight year old physicist.

Furigana

その理論(りろん)は２８才(さい)の物理(ぶつり)学者(がくしゃ)が初(はじ)めて提唱(ていしょう)した。

Romanji

Sono riron wa ni hachi sai no butsuri gakusha ga hajimete teishōshita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

理論 (りろん)

theory

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

八 (はち、や)

eight

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

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

物理 (ぶつり)

physics; law of nature

学者 (がくしゃ)

scholar

が (が)

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

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

提唱 (ていしょう)

advocacy; proposal