あの機械の使い方を私に教えてくれたのはスミス氏だった。

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English Translation

It was Mr Smith that told me how to use that machine.

Furigana

あの機械(きかい)の使(つか)い方(かた)を私(わたし)に教(おし)えてくれたのはスミス氏(し)だった。

Romanji

Ano kikai no tsukaikata o watashi ni oshietekureta no wa Sumisu shi 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)

機械 (きかい)

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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

使い方 (つかいかた)

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

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.

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct

は (は)

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

氏 (し)

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

だ (だ)

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