私はホテルにいましたが、ほかの人たちは買い物に出かけました。

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私はほてるにいましたが、ほかの人たちは買い物に出かけました。

English Translation

I stayed at the hotel, but the others went shopping.

Furigana

私(わたし)はホテルにいましたが、ほかの人(ひと)たちは買(か)い物(もの)に出(で)かけました。

Romanji

Watashi wa hoteru ni imashita ga, hoka no hitotachi wa kaimono ni dekakemashita.

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

ホテル (ホテル)

hotel

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

が (が)

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

他 (ほか)

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to); besides...; in addition to...

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

人達 (ひとたち)

people

買い物 (かいもの)

shopping; purchased goods

出かける (でかける)

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out