私はこれまで、外国人に話し掛けられたことはない。

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English Translation

I have never been spoken to by a foreigner before.

Furigana

私(わたし)はこれまで、外国人(がいこくじん)に話(はな)し掛(か)けられたことはない。

Romanji

Watashi wa kore made, gaikokujin ni hanashikakerareta koto wa nai.

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

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

外国人 (がいこくじん)

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

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

話しかける (はなしかける)

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix