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友達 は 空港 で 姉 を 見送って から、 一人 で 家 に 帰った。tomodachi wa kuukou de ane o miokutte kara, hitori de ie ni kaetta.
Meaning
My friend saw her older sister off at the airport and then went home alone.
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Breakdown of tomodachi wa kuukou de ane o miokutte kara, hitori de ie ni kaetta.
はwa
topic particle
にni
destination particle
をo
direct object particle
友達tomodachi
friend
Questions & Answers about tomodachi wa kuukou de ane o miokutte kara, hitori de ie ni kaetta.
Why is 友達 followed by は instead of が?
は marks 友達 as the topic of the sentence: as for the friend...
Here, the sentence is telling you what happened with that friend. If you used が instead, it would sound more like you are identifying or emphasizing the subject: the friend is the one who...
So:
- 友達は... = As for the friend...
- 友達が... = The friend is the one who...
Both can be grammatical, but は is the more natural choice here for a plain narrative sentence.
Why is 空港 followed by で?
で marks the place where an action happens.
In this sentence, the action 見送る happened at the airport, so you say:
- 空港で見送る = to see someone off at the airport
A helpful comparison:
- に often marks a destination or point of existence
- で marks the location of an action
So here, the airport is not the goal of 帰る; it is the place where the seeing-off happened.
Why does 姉 take を even though it refers to a person?
