あの家はペンキを塗る必要があった。

Sentence Analyzer

あの家はぺんきを塗る必要があった。

English Translation

That house cried for a coat of paint.

Furigana

あの家(いえ)はペンキを塗(ぬ)る必要(ひつよう)があった。

Romanji

Ano ie wa penki o nuru hitsuyō ga atta.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

は (は)

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

ペンキ (ペンキ)

paint

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.

塗る (ぬる)

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about