私たちは、一杯のコーヒーを飲みながら、楽しく語らった。

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English Translation

We talked cheerfully over a cup of coffee.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは、一(いち)杯(はい)のコーヒーを飲(の)みながら、楽(たの)しく語(かた)らった。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa, ichi hai no ko-hi- o nomi nagara, tanoshiku kataratta.

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

杯 (はい、はた)

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls; counter for ships, octopuses and squid

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

珈琲 (コーヒー、こーひー)

coffee

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

楽しい (たのしい)

enjoyable; fun

語らう (かたらう)

to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with