父(ちち) chichiが ga亡(な)く()な()っ()て() nakunatte１０ 10年(ねん) nenが ga過(す)ぎ()た() sugita。 Ten years have passed since my father died. Literal Father [subject-が] died [and-て] 10-years [subject-が] passed. ~て + [time]が過ぎた means 'X happened, and Y time passed.' 亡くなって uses the respectful word for dying. 過ぎた ('passed') takes が to mark the elapsed time as subject. timedeathfamily
父(ちち) chichiが ga亡(な)く()な()っ()て() nakunatte１０ 10年(ねん) nenが ga過(す)ぎ()た() sugita。 Ten years have passed since my father died. Literal Father [subject-が] died [and-て] 10-years [subject-が] passed. ~て + [time]が過ぎた means 'X happened, and Y time passed.' 亡くなって uses the respectful word for dying. 過ぎた ('passed') takes が to mark the elapsed time as subject. timedeathfamily