この老人が本当に川を泳ぎ渡ったんだ。

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この老人が本当に川を泳ぎ渡ったんだ。

English Translation

This old man actually swam across the river.

Furigana

この老人(ろうじん)が本当(ほんとう)に川(かわ)を泳(およ)ぎ渡(わた)ったんだ。

Romanji

Kono rōjin ga hontōni kawa o oyogi watatta n da.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

が (が)

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

本当に (ほんとうに、ほんとに、ホントに、ホントーに、ホントウに)

really; truly

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

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.

泳ぐ (およぐ)

to swim

渡る (わたる)

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

だ (だ)

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