私たちが結婚したとき、彼の両親はもう亡くなっていた。

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English Translation

At the time we got married, his parents had already died.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちが結婚(けっこん)したとき、彼(かれ)の両親(りょうしん)はもう亡(な)くなっていた。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga kekkonshita toki, kare no ryōshin wa mō nakunatteita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

両親 (りょうしん、ふたおや)

parents; both parents

は (は)

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

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die