母親の象は川の中で小象の体をあらってやります。

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English Translation

The mother elephant bathes her baby in the river.

Furigana

母親(ははおや)の象(ぞう)は川(かわ)の中(なか)で小(しょう)象(ぞう)の体(からだ)をあらってやります。

Romanji

Hahaoya no zō wa kawa no naka de shō zō no karada o aratteyarimasu.

Words

母親 (ははおや)

mother

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

象 (ぞう)

elephant

は (は)

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

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

小 (しょう)

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

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.

洗う (あらう)

to wash; to investigate