東アフリカの種族の中には、乳製品を主食にしているのがあるそうだ。

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English Translation

I hear some tribes in eastern Africa live on milk products.

Furigana

東(ひがし)アフリカの種族(しゅぞく)の中(なか)には、乳製品(にゅうせいひん)を主食(しゅしょく)にしているのがあるそうだ。

Romanji

Higashi Afurika no shuzoku no nakani wa, nyūseihin o shushoku ni shiteiru no ga aru sō da.

Words

東 (ひがし、ひむかし、ひんがし)

east

阿弗利加 (アフリカ)

Africa

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

種族 (しゅぞく)

race; tribe; family; species

は (は)

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

乳製品 (にゅうせいひん)

dairy products

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.

主食 (しゅしょく)

staple food

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

だ (だ)

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