私の父はいわば学者ばかだ。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
My father is, so to speak, a learned fool.
Furigana
Romanji
Watashi no chichi wa iwaba gakusha baka da.
Words
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
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
父
(ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)
father
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
言わば
(いわば)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
学者
(がくしゃ)
scholar
馬鹿
(ばか、バカ)
fool; idiot; trivial matter; folly; absurdity; foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative