shokubutsu wa fuyu o ikinokotta.

topic particle

Breakdown of shokubutsu wa fuyu o ikinokotta.

• を: direct object particle
• 冬ふゆ: winter
• 植物しょくぶつ: plant

Questions & Answers about shokubutsu wa fuyu o ikinokotta.

How do you read this sentence?

A common reading is:

• 植物 → しょくぶつ
• は → pronounced わ
• 冬 → ふゆ
• を → pronounced お
• 生き残った → いきのこった

So the whole sentence is read:

しょくぶつ は ふゆ を いきのこった。

What is the dictionary form of 生き残った?

The dictionary form is 生き残る.

This verb means to survive, to stay alive, or to remain alive after danger or difficulty.

The form 生き残った is the plain past form, so it means survived.

It is built like this:

• 生き残る → dictionary form
• 生き残った → past plain form

Because 生き残る is a -る verb that is actually a godan verb, it does not change like an ichidan verb.

Why is 植物 followed by は?