tonari no hito wa totemo shinsetsu de, komatta toki wa tasukete kuremasu.

My neighbor is very kind and helps me when I’m in trouble.

Breakdown of tonari no hito wa totemo shinsetsu de, komatta toki wa tasukete kuremasu.

• は: topic particle
• 人ひと: person
• の: possessive case particle
• とても: very

Questions & Answers about tonari no hito wa totemo shinsetsu de, komatta toki wa tasukete kuremasu.

What does 隣の人 mean exactly?

隣の人 means the person next door or the person nearby, depending on context.

• 隣 = next to, neighboring
• 人 = person
• 隣の人 = the person who is next to me/us

In many everyday situations, this often means the neighbor.

Why is の used in 隣の人?

の connects nouns and shows that one noun describes another.

So:

• 隣 = next door / neighboring
• 隣の人 = the neighboring person / the person next door

You can think of の here as working a bit like of or like an adjective-forming connector, though in natural English we would not translate it literally.

What is the role of は in 隣の人は?

は marks the topic of the sentence.

So 隣の人は means:

• As for the person next door...
• The person next door, ...

It tells you what the sentence is about. It does not necessarily mean the same thing as the English subject every time, though here it feels similar.

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