彼らの会話は、中国語だったので、私は彼らが言うことが理解できなかった。

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English Translation

Their conversation being in Chinese, I was not able to understand them at all.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らの会話(かいわ)は、中国語(ちゅうごくご)だったので、私(わたし)は彼(かれ)らが言(い)うことが理解(りかい)できなかった。

Romanji

Karera no kaiwa wa, Chūgokugo datta node, watashi wa karera ga iu koto ga rikai dekinakatta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

会話 (かいわ)

conversation

は (は)

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

中国語 (ちゅうごくご)

Chinese (language)

だ (だ)

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

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

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

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

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant