その少年は幼くして母を失う運命だった。

Sentence Analyzer

その少年は幼くして母を失う運命だった。

English Translation

The boy was to lose his mother at an early age.

Furigana

その少年(しょうねん)は幼(おさな)くして母(はは)を失(うしな)う運命(うんめい)だった。

Romanji

Sono shōnen wa osanaku shite haha o ushinau unmei datta.

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...

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

幼い (おさない、いとけない)

very young; childish; immature

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

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

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.

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

運命 (うんめい)

fate; destiny; lot

だ (だ)

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