直子さんは泳ぐのが得意です。

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直子さんは泳ぐのが得意です。

English Translation

Naoko is good at swimming.

Furigana

直子(なおこ)さんは泳(およ)ぐのが得意(とくい)です。

Romanji

Naoko san wa oyogu no ga tokui desu.

Words

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

は (は)

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

泳ぐ (およぐ)

to swim

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

が (が)

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

得意 (とくい)

triumph; prosperity; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty; frequent customer (client, etc.)

です (です)

be; is