君はネッシーなんて架空の存在だと言うが、僕はいると思うよ。

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English Translation

You say Nessie is an imaginary being, but I think she exists.

Furigana

君(きみ)はネッシーなんて架空(かくう)の存在(そんざい)だと言(い)うが、僕(ぼく)はいると思(おも)うよ。

Romanji

Kimi wa nesshi- nante kakū no sonzai da to iu ga, boku wa iru to omou yo.

Words

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

は (は)

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

ネッシー (ネッシー)

Nessie (i.e. the Loch Ness monster)

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

架空 (かくう)

aerial; overhead; fiction; fictitious; imaginary; fanciful

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

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

だ (だ)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

が (が)

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

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

要る (いる)

to need; to want

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!