その時はまだ声を録音する方法が知られていなかったので、私たちはドガがどのような声をしていたのか正確にはわからない。

Sentence Analyzer

その時はまだ声を録音する方法が知られていなかったので、私たちはどががどのような声をしていたのか正確にはわからない。

English Translation

This was before people knew how to record voices, so we don't know exactly what he sounded like.

Furigana

その時(とき)はまだ声(こえ)を録音(ろくおん)する方法(ほうほう)が知(し)られていなかったので、私(わたし)たちはドガがどのような声(こえ)をしていたのか正確(せいかく)にはわからない。

Romanji

Sono toki wa mada koe o rokuonsuru hōhō ga shirareteinakatta node, watashitachi wa doga ga dono yōna koe o shiteita no ka seikaku ni wa wakaranai.

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...

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

は (は)

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

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

声 (こえ)

voice

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.

録音 (ろくおん)

(audio) recording

方法 (ほうほう)

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

が (が)

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

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

図画 (ずが、とが)

drawing; painting; picture

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

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

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

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

正確 (せいかく)

accurate; punctual; exact; authentic; veracious

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out