友人のヘンリーは昨日授業に出なかったが、私もそうでした。

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English Translation

My friend Henry was not in class yesterday, and neither was I.

Furigana

友人(ゆうじん)のヘンリーは昨日(きのう)授業(じゅぎょう)に出(で)なかったが、私(わたし)もそうでした。

Romanji

Yūjin no Henri- wa kinō jugyō ni denakatta ga, watashi mo sō deshita.

Words

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

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

ヘンリー (ヘンリー)

henry

は (は)

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

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

授業 (じゅぎょう)

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

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

出る (でる)

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised; to sell; to exceed; to go over; to stick out; to protrude; to break out; to occur; to start; to originate; to be produced; to come from; to be derived from; to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get; to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain; to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed; to graduate

が (が)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

デス (デス)

death