飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) hikoukiに ni乗(の)っ()た() nottaの noは waそれ soreが ga初(はじ)め()て() hajimeteでした deshita。 That was the first time I had ridden an airplane. Literal Airplane [onto-に] rode [nominalizer-の] [topic-は] that [subject-が] first-time was. Uses the ~のは...が... cleft structure to identify 'that' as the focused subject: 'that was the first time.' 初めて means 'first time.' The past copula でした adds politeness. travelairplanestransportationnominalizer の
飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) hikoukiに ni乗(の)っ()た() nottaの noは waそれ soreが ga初(はじ)め()て() hajimeteでした deshita。 That was the first time I had ridden an airplane. Literal Airplane [onto-に] rode [nominalizer-の] [topic-は] that [subject-が] first-time was. Uses the ~のは...が... cleft structure to identify 'that' as the focused subject: 'that was the first time.' 初めて means 'first time.' The past copula でした adds politeness. travelairplanestransportationnominalizer の