老(ろう)人(じん) roujinの no肖(しょう)像(ぞう)画(が) shouzougaが ga壁(かべ)に()掛(か)か()っ()て()い()た() kabenikakatteita。 A portrait of the old man hung on the wall. Literal Old-man [possessive-の] portrait [subject-が] wall [on-に] was-hanging. 肖像画 (しょうぞうが, 'portrait painting') is formal vocabulary. 掛かっていた uses the intransitive 掛かる ('to hang') in past continuous. A visual scene-setting detail. artcraftsdaily life
老(ろう)人(じん) roujinの no肖(しょう)像(ぞう)画(が) shouzougaが ga壁(かべ)に()掛(か)か()っ()て()い()た() kabenikakatteita。 A portrait of the old man hung on the wall. Literal Old-man [possessive-の] portrait [subject-が] wall [on-に] was-hanging. 肖像画 (しょうぞうが, 'portrait painting') is formal vocabulary. 掛かっていた uses the intransitive 掛かる ('to hang') in past continuous. A visual scene-setting detail. artcraftsdaily life