kono hogoneko wa shizuka desu.

This shelter cat is quiet.

Breakdown of kono hogoneko wa shizuka desu.

• は: topic particle
• です: to be
• 静しずか: quiet
• この: this

Questions & Answers about kono hogoneko wa shizuka desu.

How is this sentence pronounced?

It is pronounced:

Kono hogo neko wa shizuka desu.

A more natural smooth pronunciation is:

Kono hogoneko wa shizuka desu.

A few helpful notes:

• この = kono
• 保護猫 = hogo neko or very commonly said smoothly as hogoneko
• は is written ha but pronounced wa here because it is the topic marker
• 静か = shizuka
• です = desu (in casual speech, the u is often very light)

What does この do here?

この means this and must be followed by a noun.

So:

• この 保護猫 = this rescue cat

This is different from これ, which means this by itself.

Compare:

• この保護猫 = this rescue cat
• これは保護猫です = this is a rescue cat

So in your sentence, この directly modifies 保護猫.

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