Learn Japanese: kanojo wa isu ni suwatte hon o yonde ita. - She was sitting in the chair reading a book.

彼かの女じょ　は　椅い子す　に　座すわって　本ほん　を　読よんで　いた。kanojo wa isu ni suwatte hon o yonde ita.

She was sitting in the chair reading a book.

From Lesson 196:Vocabulary expansion 23·Japanese

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Breakdown of kanojo wa isu ni suwatte hon o yonde ita.

to exist; to stay; to have (used for living beings)

にni

at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]

をo

direct object particle

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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita