kodomo ga sakenda.

child

Breakdown of kodomo ga sakenda.

• が: subject particle
• 叫さけぶ: to shout

Questions & Answers about kodomo ga sakenda.

How do you read this sentence out loud?

It is read:

こども が さけんだ。

In rōmaji, that is:

kodomo ga sakenda

A more natural written version in Japanese would normally be:

子供が叫んだ。

Japanese is usually written without spaces, so the spaces here are just for learning.

What does が do here?

が marks the subject of the sentence: the person or thing that did the action.

So in:

子供 が 叫んだ。

子供 is the one who shouted.

A very rough breakdown is:

• 子供 = child
• が = subject marker
• 叫んだ = shouted / cried out

Why is it が and not は?