私の友人には２人の研究者がいる。一人は言語学者で、もう一人は化学者だ。

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English Translation

Two of my friends are researchers; one is a linguist, the other a chemist.

Furigana

私(わたし)の友人(ゆうじん)には２人(にん)の研究者(けんきゅうしゃ)がいる。一(いち)人(にん)は言語(げんご)学者(がくしゃ)で、もう一(いち)人(にん)は化学者(かがくしゃ)だ。

Romanji

Watashi no yūjin ni wa ni nin no kenkyūsha ga iru. ichi nin wa gengo gakusha de, mō ichi nin wa kagakusha da.

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

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

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

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

研究者 (けんきゅうしゃ)

researcher

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

言語 (げんご、ごんご、げんきょ)

language

学者 (がくしゃ)

scholar

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

化学者 (かがくしゃ)

chemist

だ (だ)

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