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Zach

この人がジョンで、あの人は兄さんだ。

Sentence Analyzer

この ジョン あの 兄さん

English Translation

This is John and that is his brother.

Furigana

この(ひと)がジョンで、あの(ひと)(にい)さんだ。

Romanji

Kono hito ga Jon de, ano hito wa niisan da.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
彼の (あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
兄さん (にいさん、あにさん)
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 あに
Meanings: elder brother, big brother