昔々おじいさんとおばあさんが住んでいました。

Long, long ago, there lived an old man and his wife.

昔(むかし)々()おじいさんとおばあさんが住(す)んでいました。

Mukashi ojiisan to obāsan ga sundeimashita.

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

々 (くりかえし、おなじ、おなじく、のま、どうのじてん)

repetition of kanji (sometimes voiced)

お祖父さん (おじいさん)

grandfather; male senior-citizen

と (と)

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

お祖母さん (おばあさん)

grandmother; female senior-citizen

が (が)

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

Readings: セキ、シャク、むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

Readings: ジュウ、ヂュウ、チュウ、す.む、す.まう、 -ず.まい

Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit