先月泥棒がそのコンビニに入ったんですが、警察が昨日捕まえたそうです。

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English Translation

A burglar broke into the convenience store last month, but I heard the police caught him yesterday.

Furigana

先月(せんげつ)泥棒(どろぼう)がそのコンビニに入(はい)ったんですが、警察(けいさつ)が昨日(きのう)捕(つか)まえたそうです。

Romanji

Sengetsu dorobō ga sono konbini ni haitta n desu ga, keisatsu ga kinō tsukamaeta sō desu.

Words

先月 (せんげつ)

last month

泥棒 (どろぼう)

thief; burglar; robber; theft

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

コンビニ (コンビニ、コンベニ)

convenience store

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

です (です)

be; is

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

捕まえる (つかまえる)

to catch; to arrest; to seize

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of