私の趣味は写真を撮ることです。

Sentence Analyzer

私の趣味は写真を撮ることです。

English Translation

My hobby is taking pictures.

Furigana

私(わたし)の趣味(しゅみ)は写真(しゃしん)を撮(と)ることです。

Romanji

Watashi no shumi wa shashin o toru koto 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

趣味 (しゅみ)

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

は (は)

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

写真 (しゃしん)

photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

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.

撮る (とる)

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

です (です)

be; is