例えばベルベットモンキーは、輪を描いて飛ぶワシがいるとある種の呼びかけを用いるようになる。ワシはサルを捕食するのだ。

Sentence Analyzer

例えばベルベットモンキーは、輪を描いて飛ぶわしがいるとある種の呼びかけを用いるようになる。わしはさるを捕食するのだ。

English Translation

For example, vervet monkeys learn to use a certain call in the presence of circling eagles, who prey on the monkeys.

Furigana

例(たと)えばベルベットモンキーは、輪(わ)を描(えが)いて飛(と)ぶワシがいるとある種(たね)の呼(よ)びかけを用(もち)いるようになる。ワシはサルを捕食(ほしょく)するのだ。

Romanji

Tatoeba berubetto monki- wa, wa o egaite tobu washi ga iru to aru tane no yobikake o mochiiru yō ni naru. washi wa saru o hoshokusuru no da.

Words

例えば (たとえば)

for example; e.g.

ベルベット (ベルベット)

velvet

モンキー (モンキー)

monkey

は (は)

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

輪 (わ)

ring; circle; loop; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

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.

描く (えがく、かく)

to draw; to paint; to sketch; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

飛ぶ (とぶ)

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop

鷲 (わし、ワシ)

eagle (Accipitridae family)

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

種 (たね)

seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

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

呼びかける (よびかける)

to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal

用いる (もちいる)

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

猿 (さる、サル)

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; bathhouse prostitute

捕食 (ほしょく)

predation; eating prey; preying upon

だ (だ)

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