私たちは日本の歌をいくつか習いたい。

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私たちは日本の歌をいくつか習いたい。

English Translation

We want to learn some Japanese songs.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは日本(にっぽん)の歌(うた)をいくつか習(なら)いたい。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa Nippon no uta o ikutsu ka naraitai.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

歌 (うた)

song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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.

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

習う (ならう)

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in