私の両親は離婚する前にどれくらいの間結婚していたかと、トムは私に尋ねた。

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私の両親は離婚する前にどれくらいの間結婚していたかと、とむは私に尋ねた。

English Translation

Tom asked me how long my parents had been married before they separated.

Furigana

私(わたし)の両親(りょうしん)は離婚(りこん)する前(まえ)にどれくらいの間(ま)結婚(けっこん)していたかと、トムは私(わたし)に尋(たず)ねた。

Romanji

Watashi no ryōshin wa rikonsuru mae ni dore kurai no ma kekkonshiteita ka to, Tomu wa watashi ni tazuneta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

両親 (りょうしん、ふたおや)

parents; both parents

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

離婚 (りこん)

divorce

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

何れ (どれ)

which (of three or more); whichever; any; well; now; let me see

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

富む (とむ)

to be rich; to become rich; to be abundant (with); to abound (with); to be rich (in)

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate