私の父を説得しようなんて、本末転倒の話ですよ。

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English Translation

Persuading my father first is putting the cart before the horse.

Furigana

私(わたし)の父(ちち)を説得(せっとく)しようなんて、本末転倒(ほんまつてんとう)の話(はなし)ですよ。

Romanji

Watashi no chichi o settokushiyou nante, honmatsutentō no hanashi desu yo.

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

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.

説得 (せっとく)

persuasion

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

本末転倒 (ほんまつてんとう)

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

です (です)

be; is

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!