きのう外国の人が電車の中で私に英語で話しかけてきました。

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English Translation

Yesterday a foreigner spoke to me in English on the train.

Furigana

きのう外国(がいこく)の人(ひと)が電車(でんしゃ)の中(なか)で私(わたし)に英語(えいご)で話(はな)しかけてきました。

Romanji

Kinō gaikoku no hito ga densha no naka de watashi ni eigo de hanashikaketekimashita.

Words

機能 (きのう)

function; facility; faculty; feature

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

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

人 (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

が (が)

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

電車 (でんしゃ)

train; electric train

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

英語 (えいご)

English (language)

話しかける (はなしかける)

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation