Breakdown of kono keikaku no tame ni shikin ga hitsuyou desu.
ですdesu
to be
がga
subject particle
のno
possessive case particle
このkono
this
Questions & Answers about kono keikaku no tame ni shikin ga hitsuyou desu.
How do you break this sentence down grammatically?
A word-by-word breakdown is:
- この = this
- 計画 = plan
- のために = for, for the sake of
- 資金 = funds, financing
- が = marks the thing that is needed
- 必要です = is necessary / is needed
So the structure is basically:
This plan + for + funds + are needed
A more natural English rendering is Funds are needed for this plan.
Why is it この計画 and not just 計画?
この means this and directly modifies the noun 計画.
So:
- 計画 = plan
- この計画 = this plan
Japanese demonstratives like この / その / あの always come before a noun:
- この計画 = this plan
- その計画 = that plan
- あの計画 = that plan over there
If you wanted to say this is the plan, you would use これ instead, but これ cannot directly modify a noun.
Why is there a の before ために?
