私は昨日彼に会ったが、そのとき彼はそのニュースを私に話した。

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English Translation

I met him yesterday, when he told me the news.

Furigana

私(わたし)は昨日(きのう)彼(かれ)に会(あ)ったが、そのとき彼(かれ)はそのニュースを私(わたし)に話(はな)した。

Romanji

Watashi wa kinō kare ni atta ga, sono toki kare wa sono nyu-su o watashi ni hanashita.

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

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

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

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

ニュース (ニュース、ニューズ)

news

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.

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)