あの大学は私の第１志望だった。

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あの大学は私の第１志望だった。

English Translation

That university was my first choice.

Furigana

あの大学(だいがく)は私(わたし)の第(だい)１志望(しぼう)だった。

Romanji

Ano daigaku wa watashi no dai ichi shibō datta.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

第 (だい)

ordinal

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

志望 (しぼう)

wish; desire; ambition

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative