I Had A Dream!
I Had A Dream!
Once upon a time, there was a boy who had a big dream. As the man became an adult, he always said to people in his town whenever he met them, "I had a dream! Oh!" Then, people often asked him, "What dream did you have?" However, unfortunately, he had already forgotten his dream. So, he answered, "I don't remember what dream I had, but I had a dream anyway!" People said to him, "Okay! May your dream eventually come true!"
When he got old, he lived in a facility for people with dementia. He repeated the same word, "I had a dream!" The facility staff asked him, "What was your dream?" He answered, "I don't remember anything but I had a dream anyway."
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私には夢が有った！
ある時、大いなる夢を持つ少年が居た。少年は大人になってから、地域の人々に会うたびに、いつもこの様に言ったものであった。「私には夢が有った、あぁ！」そして人々は、しょっちゅう尋ねた。「何の夢があったの？」しかし、残念ながら、彼は既に自分の夢を忘れてしまっていた。そして、こう答えた。「どんな夢だったか忘れたけど、とにかく夢があったんだよ！」人々は、彼に言った。「はいはい、そうですか。 そのうち夢が叶ったらいいね！」
歳をとって彼は、認知症の人々の施設で暮らした。彼は、「私には夢が有ったんだ！」と、同じ言葉を繰り返していた。施設の職員たちが、彼に尋ねた。「あなたの夢って何だったの？」彼は答えた。「何も覚えていないけど、とにかく私には夢が有ったんだよ。」
私には夢が有った！
I Had A Dream!
私 (わたし) : I/my/me
私には : in me, for me, to me, with me (depends on the context, This part is not the subject of the sentence. )
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream (noun, This word is the subject of the sentence.)
有る (ある) : to exist (verb), It is here/there. (current and recent situation)
有った (あった) : It existed. It was here/there. (past situation)
私には有った。 : I had it. (past situation, This is not a literal translation.)
夢が有った。: You had a dream. (past situation, This is not a literal translation.)
私には夢が有った！: literally "A dream was in me!" (or "A dream was with me!" (?) )
ある時、大いなる夢を持つ少年が居た。
Once upon a time, there was a boy who had a big dream.
ある時 (あるとき) : once upon a time
大いなる (おおいなる) : big, great, large (We write “おおいなる” when writing it in hiragana. However, when speaking naturally, we say it like “おーいなる.”)
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream
大いなる夢 : a big dream
持つ (もつ) : to have (verb)
夢を持つ : to have a dream (verb), You have a dream. (situation)
夢を持つ少年 : a boy who has a dream (noun clause)
居た。(いた) : Someone was here/there.
少年が居た。: There was a boy.
少年は大人になってから、地域の人々に会うたびに、いつもこの様に言ったものであった。「私には夢が有った、あぁ！」
As the boy became an adult, he always said to people in his town whenever he met them, "I had a dream! Oh!"
少年 (しょうねん) : a boy
大人 (おとな) : an adult
大人になった。: You became an adult. You are already an adult.
大人になって : as you became an adult
なってから : after you became it
少年は大人になった。: The boy became an adult.
大人になってから : after/as you became an adult, when you are/will be/were already an adult
地域 (ちいき) : an area
人々 (ひとびと) : people
地域の人々 : people in your area
会う (あう) : to meet someone (verb)
人々に会う : to meet with people (verb)
地域の人々に会う : to meet people in your town (verb)
会うたびに : each time you meet/met someone, whenever you meet/met someone
地域の人々に会うたびに : whenever you meet/met the people in your town, whenever he meets/met the people in his town (in this context)
いつも : always, usually
様 (よう) : a situation which you see, how something is going on (This kanji is not used by itself.)
この様に : in this way, like this
言った。(いった) : You said. You told.
この様に言った。: You said (like) this.
いつもこの様に言った。: You always said this.
ものであった。: It used to be such a situation.
言ったものであった。: You used to say something. (past activity)
私 (わたし) : I/my/me
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream (noun)
有る (ある) : Something is here/there. You have it.
私には夢が有る。: I have a dream.
有った。(あった) : Something was here/there. You had it.
私には夢が有った。: I had a dream.
あぁ！: Oh! Ah! Oh yes! Oh no!
そして人々は、しょっちゅう尋ねた。「何の夢があったの？」
Then, people often asked him, "What dream did you have?"
そして : then, so, therefore
人々 (ひとびと) : people
しょっちゅう : often
尋ねる (たずねる) : to ask someone a question (verb)
尋ねた。 : You asked someone a question.
人々は尋ねた。: People asked someone a question.
そして人々は尋ねた。: Then, people asked someone a question.
しょっちゅう尋ねた。: You often asked someone a question.
何？ (なに) : What?
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream
何の夢？: What dream?
有る (ある) : It is here/there. There is a thing. You have it.
有った。(あった) : It was here/there. There was a thing. You had it.
夢があった。: You had a dream.
夢があったの？: Did you have a dream? (casual, spoken expression)
何の夢があったの？: What dream did you have? (casual, spoken expression)
しかし、残念ながら、彼は既に自分の夢を忘れてしまっていた。
However, unfortunately, he had already forgotten his dream.
しかし : however, but
残念 (ざんねん) : an unfortunate situation (noun), unfortunate (adjective without a following noun)
残念な : unfortunate (adjective with a following noun)
残念ながら : unfortunately (adverb)
彼 (かれ) : he/ his/him
既に (すでに) : already
自分 (じぶん) : oneself
自分の : one's, his/her (depends on who you are talking about), his (in this context)
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream
自分の夢 : one's dream, his/her dream (depends on who you are talking about), his dream (in this context)
忘れる (わすれる) : to forget (verb)
忘れた。: You forgot.
彼は自分の夢を忘れた。: He forgot his dream.
しまった！: Oops! (You made a mistake or forgot something unfortunately. You probably didn't want such a situation.)
忘れてしまった。: You forgot it unfortunately. (You probably didn't want to do it.)
忘れてしまっている。: You have forgotten it unfortunately. You don't remember it at all. (current and recent situation)
忘れてしまっていた。: You had already forgotten it unfortunately. You didn't remember it at all. (past situation)
夢を忘れてしまっていた。: You had already forgotten your dream. (past situation)
しかし、残念ながら、既に忘れてしまっていた。: However, unfortunately, you had already forgotten it.
彼は既に自分の夢を忘れてしまっていた。: He had already forgotten his dream.
そして、こう答えた。「どんな夢だったか忘れたけど、とにかく夢があったんだよ！」
So, he answered, "I don't remember what dream I had, but I had a dream anyway!"
そして : and, then, so
答えた。(こたえた) : You answered.
こう答えた。「......」: You answered, "..............."
どんな？ : What? How? What kind? What type? What category?
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream
どんな夢？ : What dream?
夢だった : It was a dream.
夢だったか : weather it was a dream
どんな夢だったか : what dream it was (noun clause)
忘れる (わすれる) : to forget (verb)
忘れた。: You forgot it. You don't remember it.
どんな夢だったか忘れた。: You don't remember what dream you had.
忘れたけど、... : I forgot but .....
とにかく : anyway, for sure, I'm sure
有る (ある) : It is here/there. There is a thing. You have it.
有った。(あった) : It was here/there. There was a thing. You had it.
あったんだよ！: It was here/there! I/We had it! (casual, spoken expression)
とにかくあったんだよ！: It was here/there anyway! I'm sure that it was here/there! I had it anyway! I had it for sure! (casual, spoken expression)
夢があったんだよ！: I had a dream! (casual, spoken expression)
人々は、彼に言った。「はいはい、そうですか。 そのうち夢が叶ったらいいね！」
People said to him, "Okay! May your dream eventually come true!"
人々 (ひとびと) : people
彼 (かれ) : he/his/him
言う (いう) : to say, to tell (verb)
言った。(いった) : You said. You told.
人々は言った。: People said/told.
彼に言った。: You said to him. You told him.
はい！ : Okay! That's true! You are right! I see! I got it! I understand! Yes!/No! (depends on the context, Please Google search for "the difference between はい/いいえ and yes/no answers." If you are confused by someone's はい/いいえ answer, just ignore it and pay more attention to the context.)
そのうち : eventually
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream
叶う (かなう) : Something comes true.
夢が叶う : Your dream comes true.
そのうち夢が叶う : Your dream will eventually come true.
叶ったら (かなったら) : if it comes true
いいね！: That's good! Nice! I like it! Wonderful! Fantastic! (casual, spoken expression)
夢が叶ったら : if your dream comes true
叶ったらいいね！: I hope it comes true!
歳をとって彼は、認知症の人々の施設で暮らした。
When he got old, he lived in a facility for people with dementia.
歳 (とし) : your age, how old you are (noun), old, aged (adjective without a following noun)
歳をとる : to get old, to become aged (verb)
歳をとった。: You got old. You have gotten old. You are already old.You are no longer young.
歳をとって : as you got old, as an aged person, when you got old
彼 (かれ) : he/his/him
認知症 (にんちしょう) : dementia
人々 (ひとびと) : people
認知症の人々 : people with dementia
施設 (しせつ) : a facility
認知症の人々の施設 : a facility for people with dementia
暮らす (くらす) : to live your daily life (verb)
暮らした。: You lived here/there.
施設で暮らした。: You lived in a facility.
彼は施設で暮らした。: He lived in a facility.
彼は、「私には夢が有ったんだ！」と、同じ言葉を繰り返していた。
He repeated the same word, "I had a dream!"
彼 (かれ) : he/his/him
私 (わたし) : I/my/me
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream
有った。(あった) : You had it.
夢が有った。: You had a dream.
私には有ったんだ！: I had it! (casual, spoken expression)
私には夢が有ったんだ！: I had a dream! (casual, spoken expression)
同じ (おなじ) : same
言葉 (ことば) : a word, a phrase, a language (noun)
同じ言葉 : the same word
繰り返し (くりかえし) : repeating (noun)
繰り返す (くりかえす) : to repeat (verb)
繰り返した。: You repeated it.
言葉を繰り返した。: You repeated the word.
同じ言葉を繰り返した。: You repeated the same word.
していた。: You are doing it. (past progress), You did it regularly/usually/often. (past activity such as your job, hobby, etc.)
繰り返していた。: You were repeating it. (past progress), You repeated it regularly/usually/often. (past activity such as your job, hobby, etc.)
彼は、「私には夢が有ったんだ！」と、繰り返していた。: He repeated, "I had a dream!"
施設の職員たちが、彼に尋ねた。「あなたの夢って何だったの？」
The facility staff asked him, "What was your dream?"
施設 (しせつ) : a facility
職員 (しょくいん) : a worker at a facility, a school, an organization or a government office (noun), a member of the staff (noun)
職員たち : the staff
施設の職員たち : the facility staff, workers at a facility
彼 (かれ) : he/his/him
尋ねる (たずねる) : to ask someone a question (verb)
尋ねた。: You asked someone a question.
彼に尋ねた。: You asked him a question.
あなた : you/your
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream
夢って..... (ゆめって) : a dream is ....
あなたの夢 : your dream
何だったの？ : What was that? (casual, spoken expression)
夢って何だったの？: What was your dream? (casual, spoken expression)
彼は答えた。「何も覚えていないけど、とにかく私には夢が有ったんだよ。」
He answered, "I don't remember anything but I had a dream anyway."
彼 (かれ) : he/his/him
答える (こたえる) : to answer (verb)
答えた。(こたえた) : You answered.
何でも (なんでも) : anything, everything (used with a positive expression)
何も (なにも) : anything (used with a negative expression)
覚える (おぼえる) : to memorize (verb)
覚えている : You remember it.
覚えていない : You don't remember it.
何でも覚えている : You can remember anything. You remember everything.
何も覚えていない : You don't remember anything.
けど : though, but, however
覚えていないけど : I don't remember it but .....
とにかく : anyway
夢 (ゆめ) : a dream
有った (あった) : You had it. It was here/there.
夢が有った : You had a dream.
有ったんだよ。: I had it. It was here/there. (casual, spoken expression)
とにかく有ったんだよ。: I had it anyway. It was here/there anyway.
夢が有ったんだよ。: I had a dream. (casual, spoken expression)
私には夢が有った。: I had a dream.
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