あの壊れた花瓶は祖父のものです。

Sentence Analyzer

あの壊れた花瓶は祖父のものです。

English Translation

That broken vase is my grandfather's.

Furigana

あの壊(こわ)れた花瓶(かびん)は祖父(そふ)のものです。

Romanji

Ano kowareta kabin wa sofu no mono desu.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

壊れる (こわれる)

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

花瓶 (かびん、はながめ、かへい)

(flower) vase

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

の (の)

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

物 (もの、もん)

thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly

です (です)

be; is