私は彼に８時に来てくれと言ったが、彼は９時に現れた。

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English Translation

I asked him to come at eight, but he turned up at nine.

Furigana

私(わたし)は彼(かれ)に８時(じ)に来(き)てくれと言(い)ったが、彼(かれ)は９時(じ)に現(あらわ)れた。

Romanji

Watashi wa kare ni hachi ji ni kitekure to itta ga, kare wa kyū ji ni arawareta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

八 (はち、や)

eight

時 (じ)

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

と (と)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

が (が)

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

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

現れる (あらわれる)

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)