彼が英語を話しているのを聞くと、英国人とまちがえるでしょう。

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English Translation

Hearing him speak English, one would take him for an Englishman.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が英語(えいご)を話(はな)しているのを聞(き)くと、英国人(えいこくじん)とまちがえるでしょう。

Romanji

Kare ga eigo o hanashiteiru no o kiku to, Eikokujin to machigaeru deshō.

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

英語 (えいご)

English (language)

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.

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)

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

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

と (と)

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

英国人 (えいこくじん)

Briton; Englishman; (the) English

間違える (まちがえる)

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

デス (デス)

death