How to say i was surprised by the news that mary had won the first prize. in Japanese
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メアリーメアリー(meari) (name) Maryがが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and一等賞一等賞(ittoushou) (n) first place prize/blue ribbonをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,とったというno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb知らせ知らせ(shirase) (n) notice/notificationにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.私私(watashi) (pn,adj-no) i/meはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh驚no dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbいい(i) (prt) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.たた(ta) (aux-v) indicate past completed or action/indicates light imperative。。(。) Japanese period "."
