ええと、買いませんでしたが、でも、後でゴリラ財団研究所へ３匹の子猫を持ってきた人がいるのです。

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English Translation

Well, I didn't buy them, but later someone brought three baby kittens to the Gorilla Foundation.

Furigana

ええと、買(か)いませんでしたが、でも、後(あと)でゴリラ財団(ざいだん)研究所(けんきゅうじょ)へ３匹(ひき)の子猫(こねこ)を持(も)ってきた人(ひと)がいるのです。

Romanji

E eto, kaimasen deshita ga, demo, atode gorira zaidan kenkyūjo e san hiki no koneko o mottekita hito ga iru no desu.

Words

え (え)

eh?; what?; oh?; yes; that's correct; strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; used when calling out to someone

干支 (えと、かんし)

sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in Chinese astrology); 12-year Chinese zodiac

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

デス (デス)

death

が (が)

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

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

後で (あとで)

afterwards

ゴリラ (ゴリラ)

gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)

財団 (ざいだん)

foundation

研究所 (けんきゅうしょ、けんきゅうじょ)

research establishment; research institute; laboratory

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

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

子猫 (こねこ)

kitten

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

です (です)

be; is