私達はあなたのお手伝いができなくて残念です。

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English Translation

We're sorry we weren't able to help you.

Furigana

私達(わたしたち)はあなたのお手伝(てつだ)いができなくて残念(ざんねん)です。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa anata no otetsudai ga dekinakute zannen desu.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

お手伝い (おてつだい)

maid; help

が (が)

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

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

残念 (ざんねん)

deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

です (です)

be; is