笛が鳴るとレースが始まります。

笛が鳴るとレースが始まります。

When the whistle blows, the race will start.

笛(ふえ)が鳴(な)るとレースが始(はじ)まります。

Fue ga naru to re-su ga hajimarimasu.

笛 (ふえ、ちゃく)

flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet; whistle

が (が)

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

鳴る (なる)

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

と (と)

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

レース (レース)

race; lace; lathe

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

Readings: テキ、ふえ

Meanings: flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo

Readings: メイ、な.く、な.る、な.らす

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

Readings: シ、はじ.める、 -はじ.める、はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin