これはあなたが手紙を受け取る前に起こったのです。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

This happened prior to receiving your letter.

Furigana

これはあなたが手紙(てがみ)を受(う)け取(と)る前(まえ)に起(お)こったのです。

Romanji

Kore wa anata ga tegami o uketoru mae ni okotta no desu.

Words

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

は (は)

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

貴方 (あなた)

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

が (が)

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

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

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.

受け取る (うけとる)

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

前 (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

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

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

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

です (です)

be; is