中米では森林が家畜の牧場に取って代わられている。

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English Translation

In Central America, forests are replaced by cattle ranches.

Furigana

中米(ちゅうべい)では森林(しんりん)が家畜(かちく)の牧場(ぼくじょう)に取(と)って代(か)わられている。

Romanji

Chūbei de wa shinrin ga kachiku no bokujō ni totte kawarareteiru.

Words

中米 (ちゅうべい)

Central America

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

森林 (しんりん)

forest; woods

が (が)

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

家畜 (かちく)

domestic animals; livestock; cattle

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

牧場 (ぼくじょう、まきば)

farm (livestock); ranch (US); station (Aus, NZ); pasture land; meadow; grazing land

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

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch