川で泳いでいる子供たちが何人かいる。

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川で泳いでいる子供たちが何人かいる。

English Translation

Some children are swimming in the river.

Furigana

川(かわ)で泳(およ)いでいる子供(こども)たちが何(なん)人(にん)かいる。

Romanji

Kawa de oyoideiru kodomotachi ga nan nin ka iru.

Words

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

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.

泳ぐ (およぐ)

to swim

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

が (が)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

要る (いる)

to need; to want