昨日は、私のコンピューターが故障していたのです。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

My computer was down yesterday.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)は、私(わたし)のコンピューターが故障(こしょう)していたのです。

Romanji

Kinō wa, watashi no konpyu-ta- ga koshōshiteita no desu.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

は (は)

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

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

コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)

computer

が (が)

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

故障 (こしょう)

breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

です (です)

be; is