彼らを説得しようなんて愚かなことだ。

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彼ら を 説得しよう なんて 愚かな こと だ 。

English Translation

It is absurd to try to persuade them.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らを説得(せっとく)しようなんて愚(おろ)かなことだ。

Romanji

Karera o settokushiyou nante orokana koto da.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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.

説得 (せっとく)

persuasion

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

愚か (おろか)

foolish; stupid

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

説

Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く

Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor

得

Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る

Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

愚

Readings: グ、 おろ.か

Meanings: foolish, folly, absurdity, stupid