昨日数人の男の子が早退しなければならなかった。

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English Translation

Several boys had to leave school early yesterday.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)数(すう)人(にん)の男(おとこ)の子(こ)が早退(そうたい)しなければならなかった。

Romanji

Kinō sū nin no otokonoko ga sōtaishinakerebanaranakatta.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

男の子 (おとこのこ、おとこのコ)

boy; male child; baby boy

が (が)

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

早退 (そうたい)

leave early