私は外国人なのでその冗談の意味が分からなかった。

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English Translation

Being a foreigner, I couldn't catch on to the joke.

Furigana

私(わたし)は外国人(がいこくじん)なのでその冗談(じょうだん)の意味(いみ)が分(わ)からなかった。

Romanji

Watashi wa gaikokujin na node sono jōdan no imi ga wakaranakatta.

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

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

だ (だ)

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

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...

冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)

jest; joke; funny story

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

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance

が (が)

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out