kuruma ga kabe ni sesshokushita.

car

Breakdown of kuruma ga kabe ni sesshokushita.

• が: subject particle
• に: target particle
• 壁かべ: wall

Questions & Answers about kuruma ga kabe ni sesshokushita.

How is this sentence read aloud?

It is read:

くるま が かべ に せっしょくした。

• 車 = くるま = car
• 壁 = かべ = wall
• 接触した = せっしょくした = made contact / collided / touched

Why is が used after 車?

が marks the grammatical subject of the sentence.

So 車が means the car is the thing that did the action or was involved in the event.

In this sentence, the basic structure is:

車が = the car
壁に = with / against the wall
接触した = made contact

You could think of が here as identifying what came into contact.

Why is に used after 壁?

Here, に marks the target or point of contact.

So 壁に接触した means made contact with the wall.

This can feel a little different from English, because English says contact with something, but Japanese often uses に with verbs like this to show the thing affected or reached.

So:

• 壁に接触した = came into contact with the wall