私が講堂に入るか入らないかのうちに式が始まった。

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English Translation

No sooner had I entered the hall than the ceremony began.

Furigana

私(わたし)が講堂(こうどう)に入(はい)るか入(はい)らないかのうちに式(しき)が始(はじ)まった。

Romanji

Watashi ga kōdō ni hairu ka hairanai ka no uchini shiki ga hajimatta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

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

講堂 (こうどう)

auditorium; lecture hall

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

式 (しき)

equation; formula; expression; ceremony; style; enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)