私の父は教師ではなく医者です。

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私の父は教師ではなく医者です。

English Translation

My father is not a teacher but a doctor.

Furigana

私(わたし)の父(ちち)は教師(きょうし)ではなく医者(いしゃ)です。

Romanji

Watashi no chichi wa kyōshi de wa naku isha desu.

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

は (は)

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

教師 (きょうし)

teacher (classroom)

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.

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

です (です)

be; is