アメリカの黒人はかつて、「自由を与えよ」と言った。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

Black people in America once said, "Give us freedom".

Furigana

アメリカの黒人(こくじん)はかつて、「自由(じゆう)を与(あた)えよ」と言(い)った。

Romanji

Amerika no kokujin wa katsute," jiyū o ataeyo" to itta.

Words

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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

黒人 (こくじん)

black person; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

は (は)

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

嘗て (かつて、かって)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

自由 (じゆう)

freedom; liberty; as it pleases you

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.

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)

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