私はこれを昨日終えたかったのですが。

Sentence Analyzer

私はこれを昨日終えたかったのですが。

English Translation

I had hoped to have finished this yesterday.

Furigana

私(わたし)はこれを昨日(きのう)終(お)えたかったのですが。

Romanji

Watashi wa kore o kinō oetakatta no desu ga.

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

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

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.

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

終える (おえる)

to finish; to graduate

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

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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