ある偉大な詩人がここに住んでいたと言われていた。

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English Translation

It was said that a great poet had resided here.

Furigana

ある偉大(いだい)な詩人(しじん)がここに住(す)んでいたと言(い)われていた。

Romanji

Aru idaina shijin ga koko ni sundeita to iwareteita.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

偉大 (いだい)

greatness

詩人 (しじん)

poet

が (が)

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

此処 (ここ)

here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise