先生はあまりに速く話したので私達は理解できなかった。

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English Translation

The teacher spoke too fast for us to understand.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)はあまりに速(はや)く話(はな)したので私達(わたしたち)は理解(りかい)できなかった。

Romanji

Sensei wa amarini hayaku hanashita node watashitachi wa rikai dekinakatta.

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

余りに (あまりに)

too much; excessively; too

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

先

Readings: セン、さき、ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

速

Readings: ソク、はや.い、はや-、はや.める、すみ.やか

Meanings: quick, fast

話

Readings: ワ、はな.す、はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

達

Readings: タツ、ダ、 -たち

Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain

理

Readings: リ、ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

解

Readings: カイ、ゲ、と.く、と.かす、と.ける、ほど.く、ほど.ける、わか.る、さと.る

Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute