Breakdown of watashitachi wa seiji no hanashi o shita.
Questions & Answers about watashitachi wa seiji no hanashi o shita.
は marks 私たち as the topic of the sentence.
So 私たち は means something like as for us or more naturally in English, just we.
In this sentence:
- 私たち は = we
- 政治 の 話 を した = talked about politics
A key point: は is not exactly the same as an English subject marker. It marks what the sentence is about, which often becomes the subject in English.
Here, の links two nouns together.
- 政治 = politics
- 話 = talk, story, discussion
So 政治の話 literally means a talk/story/discussion of politics, and more naturally:
- a discussion about politics
- political talk
- talk about politics
In Japanese, noun + の + noun is a very common pattern. Depending on context, it can show:
- possession: 私の本 = my book
- category/type: 日本の車 = Japanese car
- content/topic: 政治の話 = talk about politics
