彼が一等賞をとったのは本当です。

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彼 が 一等賞 を とった の は 本当 です 。

English Translation

It is true that he won first prize.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が一等賞(いっとうしょう)をとったのは本当(ほんとう)です。

Romanji

Kare ga ittōshō o totta no wa hontō desu.

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

一等賞 (いっとうしょう)

first place prize; blue ribbon

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.

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

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

は (は)

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

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

等

Readings: トウ、 ひと.しい、 など、 -ら

Meanings: etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar

賞

Readings: ショウ、 ほ.める

Meanings: prize, reward, praise

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself