我々の荷物を全部選り分けるのにかなり時間がかかった。

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English Translation

It took quite a while to sort out all our luggage.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)の荷物(にもつ)を全部(ぜんぶ)選(え)り分(わ)けるのにかなり時間(じかん)がかかった。

Romanji

Wareware no nimotsu o zenbu eriwakeru noni kanari jikan ga kakatta.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

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

荷物 (にもつ)

luggage; baggage; package; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

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.

全部 (ぜんぶ)

all; entire; whole; altogether

選り分ける (よりわける、えりわける)

to classify; to sort out; to sift through

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

可也 (かなり)

considerably; fairly; quite

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

が (が)

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on