私たちのクラブにはあなた方のクラブの３倍、部員がいます。

Sentence Analyzer

私たち の くらぶ に は あなた方 の くらぶ の ３ 倍 、 部員 が います 。

English Translation

Our club has three times as many members as yours.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちのクラブにはあなた方(たか)のクラブの３倍(ばい)、部員(ぶいん)がいます。

Romanji

Watashitachi no kurabu ni wa anatakata no kurabu no san bai, buin ga imasu.

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

クラブ (クラブ)

club (e.g. golf, tennis); clubs (card suit); crab

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

あなた方 (あなたがた)

you (plural)

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

倍 (ばい)

twice; double; times; -fold

部員 (ぶいん)

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

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)

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

倍

Reading: バイ

Meanings: double, twice, times, fold

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge