Word
それ は 幸運 でした。sore wa kouun deshita.
Meaning
That was good luck.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about sore wa kouun deshita.
What does は do in それは幸運でした?
は is the topic marker. It tells you what the sentence is about.
So here:
- それ = that
- は = as for / speaking of
- 幸運でした = was fortunate / was good luck
A very literal way to feel the structure is:
- As for that, it was fortunate.
In natural English, we usually just say That was lucky or That was fortunate.
Also, remember that は is written ha but pronounced wa when it is a particle.
Why is it でした? Is this the past tense?
Yes. でした is the polite past form of です.
- です = is / am / are
- でした = was / were
So:
- 幸運です = is fortunate / is good luck
- 幸運でした = was fortunate / was good luck
Japanese does not change for singular/plural the way English does, so the same でした can correspond to was or were, depending on context.
Is 幸運 a noun or an adjective here?
