私の妹は昨年バスケット部に入っていた。

Sentence Analyzer

私の妹は昨年ばすけっと部に入っていた。

English Translation

My sister belonged to the basketball club last year.

Furigana

私(わたし)の妹(いもうと)は昨年(さくねん)バスケット部(ぶ)に入(はい)っていた。

Romanji

Watashi no imōto wa sakunen basukettobu ni haitteita.

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

妹 (いもうと)

younger sister

は (は)

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

昨年 (さくねん)

last year

バスケット部 (バスケットぶ)

basketball club

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in