atarashii sensei no setsumei wa zuibun wakariyasukute, mae yori jugyou ga tanoshiku natta.

topic particle

Breakdown of atarashii sensei no setsumei wa zuibun wakariyasukute, mae yori jugyou ga tanoshiku natta.

• 先せん生せい: teacher
• が: subject particle
• の: possessive case particle

Questions & Answers about atarashii sensei no setsumei wa zuibun wakariyasukute, mae yori jugyou ga tanoshiku natta.

What does 新しい先生の説明 mean exactly?

の links 先生 and 説明. Here it means something like the new teacher’s explanation(s) or the explanations by the new teacher.

A very literal breakdown is:

• 新しい = new
• 先生 = teacher
• の = linking particle
• 説明 = explanation / explanations

In English, this may come out as either singular or plural depending on context.

Why is は used after 説明?

は marks 説明 as the topic of the first part of the sentence.

So 新しい先生の説明は means something like:

• As for the new teacher’s explanations...

This sets up what the speaker is going to say about those explanations, namely that they are ずいぶん分かりやすくて.

What does ずいぶん mean here?

ずいぶん means quite, considerably, or a lot more than expected.

In this sentence, it adds emphasis:

• ずいぶん分かりやすい = quite easy to understand / much easier to understand

It often carries the nuance that the difference is noticeable.

How is 分かりやすい formed?