子供達は昆虫網を直していた。

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子供達は昆虫網を直していた。

English Translation

The children were mending their butterfly-nets.

Furigana

子供達(こどもたち)は昆虫網(こんちゅうもう)を直(なお)していた。

Romanji

Kodomotachi wa konchūmō o naoshiteita.

Words

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

は (は)

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

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

治す (なおす)

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair; to do over again (after -masu base of verb); to replace; to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state); to transform