彼らは政治上の問題について議論するのが好きだった。

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English Translation

They liked to argue about political issues.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは政治上(せいじじょう)の問題(もんだい)について議論(ぎろん)するのが好(す)きだった。

Romanji

Karera wa seijijō no mondai nitsuite gironsuru no ga suki datta.

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

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

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

だ (だ)

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