彼が朝食を終えるか終えないうちに電話が鳴った。

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彼 が 朝食 を 終える か 終えない うちに 電話 が 鳴った 。

English Translation

Hardly had he finished breakfast when the telephone rang.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が朝食(ちょうしょく)を終(お)えるか終(お)えないうちに電話(でんわ)が鳴(な)った。

Romanji

Kare ga chōshoku o oeru ka oenai uchini denwa ga natta.

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.

終える (おえる)

to finish; to graduate

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

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

朝

Readings: チョウ、 あさ

Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

終

Readings: シュウ、 お.わる、 -お.わる、 おわ.る、 お.える、 つい、 つい.に

Meanings: end, finish

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

鳴

Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす

Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk