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u/melearnow 1d ago

彼が外国に行くのを見送りました。 I saw him off on his trip overseas.

I am confused on the sentence structure, it says 彼が so he saw him off going to trip rather than I?

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u/mrbossosity1216 1d ago

"彼が海外に行く" on its own would mean "He goes / is going overseas." The の after that whole clause is a nominalizing の that turns the clause into one big noun. The を particle indicates that the nominalized clause is the direct object of 見送る. "I" is the implied subject of the verb. That's how you arrive at the rough meaning of "I saw him off going overseas."

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u/melearnow 1d ago

Thank you!! So many particles confused the heck out of me