電気の発見が私たちの歴史を変えた。

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電気の発見が私たちの歴史を変えた。

English Translation

The discovery of electricity changed our history.

Furigana

電気(でんき)の発見(はっけん)が私(わたし)たちの歴史(れきし)を変(か)えた。

Romanji

Denki no hakken ga watashitachi no rekishi o kaeta.

Words

電気 (でんき)

electricity; (electric) light

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

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

が (が)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

歴史 (れきし)

history

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.

変える (かえる)

to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend