私の兄は車がかえる程度のお金を持っています。

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English Translation

My brother is rich enough to buy a car.

Furigana

私(わたし)の兄(あに)は車(くるま)がかえる程度(ていど)のお金(かね)を持(も)っています。

Romanji

Watashi no ani wa kuruma ga kaeru teido no okane o motteimasu.

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

は (は)

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

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

換える (かえる)

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

程度 (ていど)

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately

お金 (おかね)

money

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of