How to say the elevator was out of order and we had to walk to the fifth floor. in Japanese
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エレベータエレベータ(erebeta) (n) elevator/lift/elevatorがが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and故障故障(koshou) (n,vs) breakdown/failure/fault/accident/out of order/damage/hurt/objection/protestしていたno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbの(prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates questionでで(de) (prt) indicates location of action/at/in/indicates time of action/indicates means of action/cause of effect/by/and then/so/indicates continuing action/ indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.、、(、) Japanese comma私たち私たち(watashitachi) (pn,adj-no) we/usはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh５５(５) (num) five階階(kai) (n,n-suf) storey/story/floor/stairs/stage/counter for storeys and floors of a buildingまでまで(made) (prt) until/till/to/up to/to/as far as/to/up to/so far as/even/only/merely歩歩(ho) (io) walking/progress/advanceいい(i) (prt) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.ていかねばならなかったno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb。。(。) Japanese period "."
