車を運転していた人は酒を飲んでいた。

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車を運転していた人は酒を飲んでいた。

English Translation

The man driving the car had been drinking.

Furigana

車(くるま)を運転(うんてん)していた人(ひと)は酒(さけ)を飲(の)んでいた。

Romanji

Kuruma o untenshiteita hito wa sake o nondeita.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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.

運転 (うんてん)

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, etc.)

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

酒 (さけ、ささ、き、くし、しゅ)

alcohol; sake

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal