子供たちの楽しそうな声が聞こえた。

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子供たちの楽しそうな声が聞こえた。

English Translation

I heard the gay voices of children.

Furigana

子供(こども)たちの楽(たの)しそうな声(こえ)が聞(き)こえた。

Romanji

Kodomotachi no tanoshisō na koe ga kikoeta.

Words

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

声 (こえ)

voice

が (が)

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

聞こえる (きこえる)

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed