授業が始まるのは８時半からだ。

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授業が始まるのは８時半からだ。

English Translation

Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.

Furigana

授業(じゅぎょう)が始(はじ)まるのは８時半(じはん)からだ。

Romanji

Jugyō ga hajimaru no wa hachi jihan kara da.

Words

授業 (じゅぎょう)

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

が (が)

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

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)

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

は (は)

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

八 (はち、や)

eight

時半 (じはん)

about an hour; short time; half past (the hour)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

だ (だ)

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