あなた方の学校が８時３０分に始まって、３時３０分に終わると知って驚いてしまいました。

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English Translation

It's surprising to know that your school starts at 8:30 and ends at 3:30.

Furigana

あなた方(たか)の学校(がっこう)が８時(じ)３０分(ふん)に始(はじ)まって、３時(じ)３０分(ふん)に終(お)わると知(し)って驚(おどろ)いてしまいました。

Romanji

Anatakata no gakkō ga hachi ji san zero fun ni hajimatte, san ji san zero fun ni owaru to shitte odoroiteshimaimashita.

Words

あなた方 (あなたがた)

you (plural)

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

学校 (がっこう)

school

が (が)

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

八 (はち、や)

eight

時 (じ)

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

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

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

と (と)

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

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished