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Pip was seventeen and John was sixteen, but they were both still at school.
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Vocabulary list

pippu
noun
  1. pip (on a radar screen); blip
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
juunanasai
juushichisai
  1. seventeen years old; 17 years old
juushichi
juunana
numeric
  1. 17; seventeen
sai
suffix, counter
  1. -years-old
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
jon
noun
  1. jeon; Korean dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg and fried
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
juurokusai
  1. sixteen years old; 16 years old
juuroku
numeric
  1. 16; sixteen
sai
suffix, counter
  1. -years-old
da

Polite Past Indicative Form

deshita
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
futari
noun
  1. two persons; two people; pair; couple
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
nin
counter
  1. counter for people
tomo
particle
  1. certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
  2. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although (usu. with volitional verb or adj. stem)
  3. without even; without so much as (with neg. verb)
  4. at the (least, earliest, etc.) (after an adverb)
expression
  1. also (called); also as
particle
  1. well (sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と)
mada
adverb
  1. still; as yet; only
  2. (not) yet (with verb in the negative)
  3. more; (more) still
  4. at least; comparatively; relatively
na adjective
  1. unfinished; incomplete; not yet done
gakkou
noun
  1. school
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
kayou

te-form

kayotte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between
  2. to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent
  3. to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
  4. to resemble
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Polite Past Indicative Form

imashita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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