彼はアフリカにいたころ彼が暮らしていた周囲の人々の事をよく話したものだった。

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English Translation

He would often talk about the people he had lived among while he was in Africa.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はアフリカにいたころ彼(かれ)が暮(く)らしていた周囲(しゅうい)の人々(ひとびと)の事(こと)をよく話(はな)したものだった。

Romanji

Kare wa Afurika ni ita koro kare ga kurashiteita shūi no hitobito no koto o yoku hanashita mono datta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

阿弗利加 (アフリカ)

Africa

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

が (が)

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

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

周囲 (しゅうい)

surroundings; environs; circumference

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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.

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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