彼は銀の木がある黄金の都についてすばらしい話を聞いたことがあった。

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English Translation

He had heard wonderful stories about cities of gold with silver trees.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は銀(ぎん)の木(き)がある黄金(おうごん)の都(と)についてすばらしい話(はなし)を聞(き)いたことがあった。

Romanji

Kare wa gin no ki ga aru ōgon no to nitsuite subarashii hanashi o kiita koto ga atta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

銀 (ぎん、しろがね、しろかね)

silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; silver general

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

木 (き)

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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

黄金 (おうごん、こがね、きがね、くがね)

gold

都 (と)

metropolitan; municipal

に就いて (について)

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

素晴らしい (すばらしい、すんばらしい)

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

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