昨日故障したのは、私の車ではなくて彼の車だった。

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English Translation

It was his car, not mine, that broke down yesterday.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)故障(こしょう)したのは、私(わたし)の車(くるま)ではなくて彼(かれ)の車(くるま)だった。

Romanji

Kinō koshōshita no wa, watashi no kuruma de wa nakute kare no kuruma datta.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

故障 (こしょう)

breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

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

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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 ...

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

だ (だ)

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