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ジムは先週私に手紙をよこして、2ヶ月前に戻っていることを告げた。

Sentence Analyzer

じむ 先週 手紙 よこして ヶ月 戻っている こと 告げた

English Translation

Jim wrote to me last week and said he had come back two months before.

Furigana

ジムは先週(せんしゅう)(わたし)手紙(てがみ)をよこして、2ヶ(かげつ)(まえ)(もど)っていることを()げた。

Romanji

Jimu wa senshū watashi ni tegami o yokoshite, ni kagetsu mae ni modotteiru koto o tsugeta.

Words

ジム (ジム)
gym; gymnasium
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
先週 (せんしゅう)
last week; the week before
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
手紙 (てがみ)
letter
()
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.
寄越す (よこす)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
カ月 (かげつ)
(number of) months
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
戻る (もどる)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
告げる (つげる)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

Kanji

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Reading: シュウ
Meaning: week
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: シ、 かみ
Meaning: paper
Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき
Meanings: month, moon
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る
Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards
Readings: コク、 つ.げる
Meanings: revelation, tell, inform, announce