最初のうちは彼女を好きではなかったが今は好きです。

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English Translation

I didn't like her at first, but now I do.

Furigana

最初(さいしょ)のうちは彼女(かのじょ)を好(す)きではなかったが今(いま)は好(す)きです。

Romanji

Saisho no uchi wa kanojo o suki de wa nakatta ga ima wa suki desu.

Words

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

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

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

は (は)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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.

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 ...

が (が)

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

今 (いま)

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

です (です)

be; is