How to say it took me by surprise to hear that carl was moving to germany. in Japanese
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カールカール(karu) (n,vs) curl/cwm/cirque/corrieがが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/andドイツドイツ(doitsu) (ateji) germanyにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.移り移り(utsuri) (n) change/transition/return present住む住む(sumu) (v5m,vi) to live/to reside/to inhabit/to dwell/to abideとと(to) (prt,conj) if/when/and/with/particle used for quoting/quoting particle/ promoted pawn/ indicates question聞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時に時に(tokini) (exp) by the way/incidentally/sometimes/occasionally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 "."
