しかし私は授業の間ずっと寝ていました。あなたは今までで、八時三十分からの授業で眠ったことはありませんか。

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English Translation

But I slept right through the class. Don't you ever sleep through an eight-thirty class?

Furigana

しかし私(わたし)は授業(じゅぎょう)の間(ま)ずっと寝(ね)ていました。あなたは今(いま)までで、八(はち)時(じ)三(さん)十(じゅう)分(ふん)からの授業(じゅぎょう)で眠(ねむ)ったことはありませんか。

Romanji

Shikashi watashi wa jugyō no ma zutto neteimashita. anata wa ima made de, hachi ji san jū fun kara no jugyō de nemutta koto wa arimasen ka.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

授業 (じゅぎょう)

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

寝る (ねる)

to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

だ (だ)

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

八 (はち、や)

eight

時 (じ)

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

十 (じゅう、とお、と)

ten

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)

to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes

事 (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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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