３人の生徒が短いスピーチを言い、自己紹介をしたり自分の国について話した。

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English Translation

Three students made short speeches and introduced themselves and their countries.

Furigana

３人(にん)の生徒(せいと)が短(みじか)いスピーチを言(い)い、自己(じこ)紹介(しょうかい)をしたり自分(じぶん)の国(くに)について話(はな)した。

Romanji

San nin no seito ga mijikai supi-chi o ii, jiko shōkai o shi tari jibun no kuni nitsuite hanashita.

Words

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

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

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

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

が (が)

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

短い (みじかい)

short

スピーチ (スピーチ)

speech

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.

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

自己 (じこ)

self; oneself

紹介 (しょうかい)

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)