朝食前に新聞を読むのが父の習慣だった。

Sentence Analyzer

朝食前に新聞を読むのが父の習慣だった。

English Translation

It was my father's wont to read the newspaper before breakfast.

Furigana

朝食(ちょうしょく)前(まえ)に新聞(しんぶん)を読(よ)むのが父(ちち)の習慣(しゅうかん)だった。

Romanji

Chōshoku mae ni shinbun o yomu no ga chichi no shūkan datta.

Words

朝食 (ちょうしょく、あさげ、あさけ)

breakfast

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

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.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

だ (だ)

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