私がそこへ着くか着かないうちに彼らは出発した。

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English Translation

No sooner had I got there than they started.

Furigana

私(わたし)がそこへ着(つ)くか着(つ)かないうちに彼(かれ)らは出発(しゅっぱつ)した。

Romanji

Watashi ga soko e tsuku ka tsukanai uchini karera wa shuppatsushita.

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

其処 (そこ)

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

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

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

出発 (しゅっぱつ)

departure