私はいつも起きるのが遅いのだが、今朝は違っていた。

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English Translation

As a rule, I get up late, but this morning was different.

Furigana

私(わたし)はいつも起(お)きるのが遅(おそ)いのだが、今朝(けさ)は違(ちが)っていた。

Romanji

Watashi wa itsumo okiru no ga osoi no da ga, kesa wa chigatteita.

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

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

起きる (おきる)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

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

が (が)

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

遅い (おそい)

slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid

だ (だ)

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

今朝 (けさ、こんちょう)

this morning

違う (たがう)

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)