私が間違っていなければ、私はその人に以前会ったことがある。

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English Translation

Unless I am mistaken, I've seen that man before.

Furigana

私(わたし)が間違(まちが)っていなければ、私(わたし)はその人(ひと)に以前(いぜん)会(あ)ったことがある。

Romanji

Watashi ga machigatteinakereba, watashi wa sono hito ni izen atta koto ga aru.

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

間違う (まちがう)

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about