私はたいていの鳥が夜は目が見えないと知りませんでした。

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English Translation

I didn't know that most birds can't see at night.

Furigana

私(わたし)はたいていの鳥(とり)が夜(よる)は目(め)が見(み)えないと知(し)りませんでした。

Romanji

Watashi wa taitei no tori ga yoru wa me ga mienai to shirimasen deshita.

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

大抵 (たいてい)

mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably; most; almost all; ordinary; proper; appropriate; moderate

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

鳥 (とり)

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

が (が)

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

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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

デス (デス)

death