その部屋には４人の男の子がいて、トランプをしていた。

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English Translation

In the room there were four boys, who were playing cards.

Furigana

その部屋(へや)には４人(にん)の男(おとこ)の子(こ)がいて、トランプをしていた。

Romanji

Sono heya ni wa yon nin no otokonoko ga ite, toranpu o shiteita.

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...

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

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

は (は)

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

男の子 (おとこのこ、おとこのコ)

boy; male child; baby boy

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

トランプ (トランプ)

playing cards

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

屋

Readings: オク、や

Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

人

Readings: ジン、ニン、ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

男

Readings: ダン、ナン、おとこ、お

Meaning: male

子

Readings: シ、ス、ツ、こ、 -こ、ね

Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac