今日は、ばーさんのお使いを兼ねて街で買い物。

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English Translation

Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother.

Furigana

今日(きょう)は、ばーさんのお使(つか)いを兼(か)ねて街(まち)で買(か)い物(もの)。

Romanji

Kyō wa,ba - san no o tsukai o kanete machi de kaimono.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

は (は)

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

ー (ー)

long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

使い (つかい)

errand; mission; going as envoy; messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; familiar spirit; use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer

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.

兼ねる (かねる)

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside; to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others); to think of the future (as well as the present)

街 (がい)

.. street; .. quarter; .. district

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.

買い物 (かいもの)

shopping; purchased goods