インカ族は大きい文明を築いたけれども、彼らには表記法がなかった。

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English Translation

Though the Incas built up a great civilization, they had no system of writing.

Furigana

インカ族(ぞく)は大(おお)きい文明(ぶんめい)を築(きず)いたけれども、彼(かれ)らには表記法(ひょうきほう)がなかった。

Romanji

Inkazoku wa ōkii bunmei o kizuita keredomo, karera ni wa hyōkihō ga nakatta.

Words

は (は)

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

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

文明 (ぶんめい)

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

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.

築く (きずく)

to build; to pile up; to amass

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

表記法 (ひょうきほう)

representation; notation

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...