生徒達の何人かは図書館にいます。他は全員教室にいます。

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English Translation

Some of the students are in the library, but the others are in the classroom.

Furigana

生徒達(せいとたち)の何(なん)人(にん)かは図書館(としょかん)にいます。他(た)は全員(ぜんいん)教室(きょうしつ)にいます。

Romanji

Seitotachi no nan nin ka wa toshokan ni imasu. ta wa zen'in kyōshitsu ni imasu.

Words

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

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

は (は)

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

図書館 (としょかん、ずしょかん)

library

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

全員 (ぜんいん)

all members (unanimity); all hands; the whole crew; everyone; everybody

教室 (きょうしつ)

classroom; department; laboratory; single-room school; small school