そのアメリカ人の男の子は片言の日本語を話した。

Sentence Analyzer

そのあめりか人の男の子は片言の日本語を話した。

English Translation

The American boy spoke broken Japanese.

Furigana

そのアメリカ人(じん)の男(おとこ)の子(こ)は片言(かたこと)の日本語(にほんご)を話(はな)した。

Romanji

Sono Amerikajin no otokonoko wa katakoto no nihongo o hanashita.

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...

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

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

は (は)

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

片言 (かたこと、カタコト)

prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

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.

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)