私たちはテーブルの上に白いテーブルクロスを置いた。

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私たち は テーブル の 上に 白い テーブルクロス を 置いた 。

English Translation

We placed a white tablecloth over the table.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちはテーブルの上(うえ)に白(しろ)いテーブルクロスを置(お)いた。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa te-buru no ueni shiroi te-burukurosu o oita.

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

テーブル (テーブル)

table

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

白い (しろい)

white

テーブルクロス (テーブルクロス)

tablecloth

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.

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up

白

Readings: ハク、 ビャク、 しろ、 しら-、 しろ.い

Meaning: white

置

Readings: チ、 お.く、 -お.き

Meanings: placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn