昨年私が合衆国にいた時、日本語を話すチャンスがほとんどなかった。

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English Translation

Last year when I was in the United States, I had almost no opportunity to speak Japanese.

Furigana

昨年(さくねん)私(わたし)が合衆国(がっしゅうこく)にいた時(とき)、日本語(にほんご)を話(はな)すチャンスがほとんどなかった。

Romanji

Sakunen watashi ga gasshūkoku ni ita toki, nihongo o hanasu chansu ga hotondo nakatta.

Words

昨年 (さくねん)

last year

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

合衆国 (がっしゅうこく)

federal state; United States of America

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

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.

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

チャンス (チャンス)

chance; opportunity

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...