学生の幾人かはアジア出身で、他はヨーロッパ出身だった。

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English Translation

Some of the students were from Asia and the others were from Europe.

Furigana

学生(がくせい)の幾(いく)人(にん)かはアジア出身(しゅっしん)で、他(た)はヨーロッパ出身(しゅっしん)だった。

Romanji

Gakusei no iku nin ka wa Ajia shusshin de, ta wa Yo-Roppa shusshin datta.

Words

学生 (がくせい)

student (esp. a university student)

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

幾 (いく)

some; several; many; how many?; how much?

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

は (は)

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

亜細亜 (アジア、あじあ)

Asia (esp. "the Far East"); Asian; Asiatic

出身 (しゅっしん)

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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.

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

欧羅巴 (ヨーロッパ)

Europe

だ (だ)

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