彼が朝食を食べ終わるか終わらないうちにお医者さんが来た。

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English Translation

Hardly had he finished breakfast when the doctor came.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が朝食(ちょうしょく)を食(た)べ終(お)わるか終(お)わらないうちにお医者(いしゃ)さんが来(き)た。

Romanji

Kare ga chōshoku o tabe owaru ka owaranai uchini o isha san ga kita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

朝食 (ちょうしょく、あさげ、あさけ)

breakfast

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to