私たちはコロンブスが１４９２年にアメリカを訪れたことを知っていた。
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English Translation
We knew that Columbus visited America in 1492.
Furigana
Romanji
Watashitachi wa Koronbusu ga ichi yon kyū ni nen ni Amerika o otozureta koto o shitteita.
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
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
一
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
四
(し、よん、よ)
four
九
(きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)
nine
二
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
年
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
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
亜米利加
(アメリカ)
America; United States of America
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.
訪れる
(おとずれる、おとづれる)
to visit; to call on; to arrive; to come; to appear
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
知る
(しる)
to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern