開拓者達は辛い生活をしたし、彼等の子供もそうだった。

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English Translation

Pioneer men and women had a hard life, and so did their children.

Furigana

開拓者達(かいたくしゃたち)は辛(つら)い生活(せいかつ)をしたし、彼等(かれら)の子供(こども)もそうだった。

Romanji

Kaitakushatachi wa tsurai seikatsu o shita shi, karera no kodomo mo sō datta.

Words

は (は)

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

辛い (からい)

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict; painful; bitter; difficult; tough

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

し (し)

(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

だ (だ)

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