kazoku wa kanojo o kangeishita.

The family welcomed her.

Breakdown of kazoku wa kanojo o kangeishita.

• は: topic particle
• を: direct object particle
• 家族かぞく: family
• 彼女かのじょ: she

Questions & Answers about kazoku wa kanojo o kangeishita.

Why is 家族 followed by は?

は marks the topic of the sentence.

So in 家族 は 彼女 を 歓迎した, 家族 is the thing the sentence is about: as for the family, they welcomed her.

In natural English, you usually would not translate は directly. It mainly helps organize the sentence. Here it tells you that the family is the topic, and the rest of the sentence says something about them.

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What does を do in this sentence?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

Here, 彼女 を shows that her is the person receiving the action of welcoming.

So:

• 家族 は = as for the family
• 彼女 を = her
• 歓迎した = welcomed

That is why 彼女 is understood as the one being welcomed.

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Why is the verb 歓迎した at the end?