Breakdown of kare no shugi wa kawarimasendeshita.
はwa
topic particle
のno
possessive case particle
彼kare
he
変わるkawaru
to change
Questions & Answers about kare no shugi wa kawarimasendeshita.
What does 彼 mean here? Is it always just he?
Here, 彼 means he or him, and in 彼の, it becomes his.
A useful thing to know is that Japanese 彼 does not work exactly like English he in every situation. In real Japanese conversation, pronouns are often omitted if the person is already understood from context. So a full sentence like this may sound a little more explicit than natural casual speech, depending on the situation.
Also, 彼 can sometimes mean boyfriend in other contexts, but not here. In this sentence, it is simply the person whose 主義 is being talked about.
What is the role of の in 彼の主義?
の links one noun to another. Here it shows possession or association, so:
- 彼 = he
- 彼の = his
- 彼の主義 = his principles / his beliefs / his ideology
So の is functioning a lot like the English possessive 's or of.
You can think of the basic pattern as:
- A の B = B of A / A's B
Examples:
- 私の本 = my book
- 先生の車 = the teacher's car
- 彼の主義 = his principles
What does 主義 mean exactly?
