sono haiyuu wa yuumei desu.

topic particle

Breakdown of sono haiyuu wa yuumei desu.

• です: to be
• その: that
• 俳優はいゆう: actor

Questions & Answers about sono haiyuu wa yuumei desu.

How do you pronounce その　俳優　は　有名　です?

A common pronunciation guide is:

sono haiyuu wa yuumei desu

In kana only:

その はいゆう は ゆうめい です

A few notes:

• 俳優 = はいゆう = haiyuu
• 有名 = ゆうめい = yuumei
• The particle は is written ha but pronounced wa here.
• In careful speech, です is desu, but in natural speech the u is often very light, so it can sound a bit like des.

Why is は pronounced wa instead of ha?

Because here は is a particle, not part of a normal word.

When は is used as the topic marker, it is pronounced wa. This is one of the first pronunciation exceptions learners meet in Japanese.

So in this sentence:

俳優 は → haiyuu wa

This does not change the spelling. It is still written は.

What does その mean grammatically?