小さな女の子は人形で遊ぶのが好きだ。

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小さな女の子は人形で遊ぶのが好きだ。

English Translation

Little girls like playing with dolls.

Furigana

小(ちい)さな女(おんな)の子(こ)は人形(にんぎょう)で遊(あそ)ぶのが好(す)きだ。

Romanji

Chiisana onnanoko wa ningyō de asobu no ga suki da.

Words

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

女の子 (おんなのこ、おんなのコ、おんにゃのこ)

girl

は (は)

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

人形 (にんぎょう)

doll; puppet; figure

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.

遊ぶ (あそぶ、あすぶ)

to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused; to go to (for pleasure or for study); to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

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

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative