minna wa yasashii desu.

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Breakdown of minna wa yasashii desu.

• です: to be
• 優やさしい: kind
• 皆みんな: everyone

Questions & Answers about minna wa yasashii desu.

What does 皆 mean in this sentence?

In 皆は優しいです。, 皆 (みんな) means “everyone / everybody”.

So the whole sentence means something like “Everyone is kind.”

You can think of 皆 as a pronoun here, similar to English “everyone” or “you all” depending on context.

How do you read this sentence out loud?

皆は優しいです。 is read:

みんな は やさしい です。

• 皆 → みんな
• は → wa (particle pronunciation)
• 優しい → やさしい
• です → です

Why is the particle は pronounced “wa” and not “ha”?