kodomotachi wa mada kouen de asobitagatte ita keredo, ame ga futte kita node ie ni kaetta.

The children still wanted to keep playing in the park, but it started to rain, so they went home.

Breakdown of kodomotachi wa mada kouen de asobitagatte ita keredo, ame ga futte kita node ie ni kaetta.

• は: topic particle
• 子こ供ども: child
• に: destination particle
• が: subject particle

Questions & Answers about kodomotachi wa mada kouen de asobitagatte ita keredo, ame ga futte kita node ie ni kaetta.

Why is it 子供たち instead of just 子供?

たち is a common plural-like marker for people.

• 子供 can mean child or children, depending on context.
• 子供たち makes it clearer that we are talking about multiple children.

So 子供たち is a very natural way to say the children.

Why is the particle は used after 子供たち?

は marks the topic of the sentence.

Here, 子供たちは means something like:

• As for the children...
• The children, ...

It sets up the children as the main thing being talked about. Even though another subject appears later with 雨が, the overall sentence is still about what happened to the children.

What does まだ mean here?

In this sentence, まだ means still.

So まだ遊びたがっていた means:

• were still wanting to play

It shows that, at that time, the children had not yet finished wanting to play. The desire continued up to the point when the rain came.

Why is it 公園で and not 公園に?