Breakdown of kanojo wa kazoku o settokushita.
はwa
topic particle
をo
direct object particle
家族kazoku
family
彼女kanojo
she
Questions & Answers about kanojo wa kazoku o settokushita.
How is this sentence pronounced?
It is pronounced:
かのじょ は かぞく を せっとくした。
Romanized, that is:
kanojo wa kazoku o settoku shita
A few notes:
- は is written ha but pronounced wa when it is the topic particle.
- を is usually pronounced o.
- 説得 is read せっとく and has a doubled consonant sound in set-to-ku.
Why is は pronounced wa here instead of ha?
Because は is being used as a particle, not as part of a regular word.
In modern Japanese:
- は as a normal syllable = ha
- は as the topic marker = pronounced wa
So in 彼女は, you read it as:
- 彼女 = かのじょ
- は = wa
What does は do in this sentence?
