私たちは５月に結婚することになっていたが、結婚を６月まで延期しなければならなかった。

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English Translation

We were to be married in May but had to postpone the marriage until June.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは５月(ごがつ)に結婚(けっこん)することになっていたが、結婚(けっこん)を６月(ろくがつ)まで延期(えんき)しなければならなかった。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa gogatsu ni kekkonsuru koto ni natteita ga, kekkon o rokugatsu made enkishinakerebanaranakatta.

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

五月 (ごがつ)

May

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

が (が)

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

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.

六月 (ろくがつ)

June

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

延期 (えんき)

postponement; adjournment