電話が鳴ったとき、私はテレビを見ていました。

Sentence Analyzer

電話 が 鳴った とき 、 私 は テレビ を 見ていました 。

English Translation

I was watching television when the telephone rang.

Furigana

電話(でんわ)が鳴(な)ったとき、私(わたし)はテレビを見(み)ていました。

Romanji

Denwa ga natta toki, watashi wa terebi o miteimashita.

Words

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

が (が)

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

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

Kanji

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

鳴

Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす

Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible