老(ろう)婦(ふ)人(じん) roufujinは wa病(びょう)気(き) byoukiで de寝(ね)て()い()た() neteita。 The elderly woman was sick in bed. Literal Elderly-woman [topic-は] illness [cause-で] lying-down was. 寝ていた = past continuous of 寝る, describing the state of being in bed. 病気で marks illness as the cause. Simple past description. health~ていた (past progressive/state)
老(ろう)婦(ふ)人(じん) roufujinは wa病(びょう)気(き) byoukiで de寝(ね)て()い()た() neteita。 The elderly woman was sick in bed. Literal Elderly-woman [topic-は] illness [cause-で] lying-down was. 寝ていた = past continuous of 寝る, describing the state of being in bed. 病気で marks illness as the cause. Simple past description. health~ていた (past progressive/state)