彼らは石に書かれていることを読んだとき、弟が言った。

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English Translation

When they had read what was written on the stone, the younger brother said:

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは石(いし)に書(か)かれていることを読(よ)んだとき、弟(おとうと)が言(い)った。

Romanji

Karera wa ishi ni kakareteiru koto o yonda toki, otōto ga itta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

石 (いし)

stone; gem; jewel

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

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

弟 (おとうと、おと、おとと、てい)

younger brother; little brother; kid brother; pupil; apprentice

が (が)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise