この地域は２００年以上前に最初にオランダ人が植民した。

Sentence Analyzer

この地域は２００年以上前に最初におらんだ人が植民した。

English Translation

This area was first settled by the Dutch more than two hundred years ago.

Furigana

この地域(ちいき)は２００年(ねん)以上(いじょう)前(まえ)に最初(さいしょ)にオランダ人(じ)が植民(しょくみん)した。

Romanji

Kono chiiki wa ni zero zero nen ijō mae ni saisho ni Orandajin ga shokuminshita.

Words

此の (この)

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

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

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

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

オランダ人 (オランダじん)

Dutchman; Dutchwoman

が (が)

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

植民 (しょくみん)

colonization; colonisation