私の級友の中にはバレーボールが好きな人もいれば、テニスを楽しむ人もいる。

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English Translation

Some of my classmates like volleyball and the others enjoy tennis.

Furigana

私(わたし)の級友(きゅうゆう)の中(なか)にはバレーボールが好(す)きな人(ひと)もいれば、テニスを楽(たの)しむ人(ひと)もいる。

Romanji

Watashi no kyūyū no nakani wa bare-bo-ru ga sukina hito mo ireba, tenisu o tanoshimu hito mo iru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

級友 (きゅうゆう)

classmate

は (は)

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

バレーボール (バレーボール)

volleyball

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

要る (いる)

to need; to want

テニス (テニス)

tennis

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.

楽しむ (たのしむ)

to enjoy (oneself)