これがかれの生家だ。

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

house where one was born; parents' house

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative