私の叔父はワシントンに２年間住んでいました。

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English Translation

My uncle lived in Washington, D. C. for two years.

Furigana

私(わたし)の叔父(おじ)はワシントンに２年間(ねんかん)住(す)んでいました。

Romanji

Watashi no oji wa Washinton ni ni nenkan sundeimashita.

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

叔父 (おじ、しゅくふ)

uncle (younger than one's parent)

は (は)

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

華府 (ワシントン)

Washington, DC (capital of the United States of America); Washington (US state)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide