負(ま)け()て() makete彼(かれ)ら()の() karerano誇(ほこ)り() hokoriが ga傷(きず)つ()い()た() kizutsuita。 Losing hurt their pride. Literal Lost [then-て] their pride [subject-が] was-wounded. 誇りが傷つく — pride 'gets wounded' using the intransitive 傷つく. The て-form of 負ける connects the cause (losing) to the effect (wounded pride). sportsemotions~て form (chaining)transitive/intransitive pair
負(ま)け()て() makete彼(かれ)ら()の() karerano誇(ほこ)り() hokoriが ga傷(きず)つ()い()た() kizutsuita。 Losing hurt their pride. Literal Lost [then-て] their pride [subject-が] was-wounded. 誇りが傷つく — pride 'gets wounded' using the intransitive 傷つく. The て-form of 負ける connects the cause (losing) to the effect (wounded pride). sportsemotions~て form (chaining)transitive/intransitive pair