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老人
old person; elderly person; senior citizennoun
は
topic markergrammar
長い
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolongedi-adjective
白髯
white beardnoun
を
object markergrammar
撫で
stroke; caress; pat gently; smooth down; comb lightly; neaten hair-> 撫でるichidan verb
ながら
while doinggrammar
話し始め
begin to speak; start talking-> 話し始めるichidan verb
た。
past tense or completed actiongrammar