私の部屋に入る前にあなたはいつもノックをすべきだ。

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English Translation

You are always to knock before entering my room.

Furigana

私(わたし)の部屋(へや)に入(はい)る前(まえ)にあなたはいつもノックをすべきだ。

Romanji

Watashi no heya ni hairu mae ni anata wa itsumo nokku o su beki 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

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

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

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

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

ノック (ノック)

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

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