watashitachi wa houritsu ni shitagau.

We obey the law.

Breakdown of watashitachi wa houritsu ni shitagau.

• は: topic particle
• 私わたしたち: we
• に: target particle
• 従したがう: to obey

Questions & Answers about watashitachi wa houritsu ni shitagau.

How is this sentence pronounced?

It is pronounced:

Watashitachi wa hōritsu ni shitagau.

A breakdown:

• 私たち = watashitachi
• は = wa here, not ha
• 法律 = hōritsu
• に = ni
• 従う = shitagau

Why is は pronounced wa instead of ha?

When は is used as the topic particle, it is pronounced wa.

So in this sentence:

• 私たち = we
• は = marks we as the topic

This is a very common point in Japanese:

• as a normal syllable: は = ha
• as a particle: は = wa

What does 私たち mean exactly? Is it always we?