彼らは西洋人がやってくる以前から、もともと住んでいたニュージランド人なのです。

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English Translation

They were the native New Zealanders before the Western people came.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは西洋人(せいようじん)がやってくる以前(いぜん)から、もともと住(す)んでいたニュージランド人()なのです。

Romanji

Karera wa seiyōjin ga yattekuru izen kara, motomoto sundeita nyu-jirandojin na no desu.

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

西洋人 (せいようじん)

Western people

が (が)

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

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

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

元々 (もともと)

originally; by nature; from the start

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

だ (だ)

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

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

です (です)

be; is