先生はコロンブスが１４９２年にアメリカを発見したと教えてくれた。

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English Translation

The teacher told us that Columbus discovered America in 1492.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)はコロンブスが１４９２年(ねん)にアメリカを発見(はっけん)したと教(おし)えてくれた。

Romanji

Sensei wa Koronbusu ga ichi yon kyū ni nen ni Amerika o hakkenshita to oshietekureta.

Words

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

は (は)

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

が (が)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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.

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct