私は有名な俳優を親父にもつ友人がいます。

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English Translation

I have a friend whose father is a famous actor.

Furigana

私(わたし)は有名(ゆうめい)な俳優(はいゆう)を親父(おやじ)にもつ友人(ゆうじん)がいます。

Romanji

Watashi wa yūmeina haiyū o oyaji ni motsu yūjin ga imasu.

Words

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

有名 (ゆうめい)

famous; fame

俳優 (はいゆう)

actor; actress; player; performer

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.

親父 (おやじ、ろうや、しんぷ)

one's father; old man; one's boss

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)