最初は彼のことが好きではなかったけれど今は好きです。

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English Translation

At first I didn't like him, but I do now.

Furigana

最初(さいしょ)は彼(かれ)のことが好(す)きではなかったけれど今(いま)は好(す)きです。

Romanji

Saisho wa kare no koto ga suki de wa nakatta keredo ima wa suki desu.

Words

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

だ (だ)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

です (です)

be; is