パターソン博士：手話で「猫」と言ったのです。

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English Translation

Dr. Patterson: She made the sign for cat.

Furigana

パターソン博士(はかせ)：手話(しゅわ)で「猫(ねこ)」と言(い)ったのです。

Romanji

Pata-son hakase shuwa de" neko" to itta no desu.

Words

博士 (はかせ、はくし)

doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title); expert; learned person

手話 (しゅわ)

sign language

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.

猫 (ねこ、ネコ)

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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

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

です (です)

be; is