私でなく私の兄が仙台に住んでいる。

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私でなく私の兄が仙台に住んでいる。

English Translation

Not I but my brother lives in Sendai.

Furigana

私(わたし)でなく私(わたし)の兄(あに)が仙台(せんだい)に住(す)んでいる。

Romanji

Watashi denaku watashi no ani ga Sendai ni sundeiru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

が (が)

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

仙台 (せんだい)

Sendai (city)

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide