新聞で彼が南極から帰って来たのを知った。

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English Translation

I saw in the paper that he had returned from the South Pole.

Furigana

新聞(しんぶん)で彼(かれ)が南極(なんきょく)から帰(かえ)って来(き)たのを知(し)った。

Romanji

Shinbun de kare ga Nankyoku kara kaettekita no o shitta.

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

南極 (なんきょく)

South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern