最初の赤ん坊が生まれたとき、彼らはすでに結婚して１０年になっていた。

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English Translation

When they had their first baby, they had been married for 10 years.

Furigana

最初(さいしょ)の赤(あか)ん坊(ぼう)が生(う)まれたとき、彼(かれ)らはすでに結婚(けっこん)して１０年(ねん)になっていた。

Romanji

Saisho no akanbō ga umareta toki, karera wa sudeni kekkonshite ichi zero nen ni natteita.

Words

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

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

赤ん坊 (あかんぼう、あかんぼ)

baby; infant

が (が)

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

生まれる (うまれる)

to be born

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

既に (すでに、すんでに)

already; too late

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...