natsu no hiru wa, kouen no kokage de bentou o taberuno ga suki desu.

I like eating lunch in the shade of a tree in the park on summer afternoons.

Breakdown of natsu no hiru wa, kouen no kokage de bentou o taberuno ga suki desu.

• は: topic particle
• です: to be
• を: direct object particle
• 食たべる: to eat

Questions & Answers about natsu no hiru wa, kouen no kokage de bentou o taberuno ga suki desu.

What does 夏の昼 mean here?

夏 means summer, 昼 means daytime / noon / afternoon, and の links the two nouns.

So 夏の昼 literally means summer’s daytime or the daytime in summer. In natural English, this could be understood as:

• summer days
• summer noontime
• summer afternoons

The exact nuance depends on context, because 昼 is a little broader than just one exact clock time.

Why is は attached to 夏の昼?

The particle は marks the topic of the sentence.

So 夏の昼は means something like:

• As for summer daytime...
• In the daytime during summer...
• When it comes to summer afternoons...

It sets the scene for the rest of the sentence. The speaker is saying that, in that situation or time frame, they like doing the action that follows.

Why is there no word for I in the sentence?