私たちの野球チームには２人の背の高い選手がいる。

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English Translation

We have two tall players in our baseball team.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちの野球(やきゅう)チームには２人(にん)の背(せ)の高(たか)い選手(せんしゅ)がいる。

Romanji

Watashitachi no yakyū chi-mu ni wa ni nin no se no takai senshu ga iru.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

野球 (やきゅう)

baseball

チーム (チーム、ティーム)

team

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

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

背 (せい)

height; stature

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)