幼(よう)児(じ) youjiは wa母(はは)親(おや) hahaoyaが ga育(そだ)て()て() sodateteくれる kureruこと kotoを o信(しん)じ()て()い()る() shinjiteiru。 An infant trusts that its mother will raise it. Literal Infant [topic-は] mother [subject-が] raise-give-me [thing-こと] [object-を] believes. 育ててくれる ('raise [for one's benefit]') frames the mother's act as a favor done for the child. The nested clause 母親が育ててくれること functions as the object of 信じる. A philosophical sentence on trust and dependency. familychildrenlife advicenominalizer こと~ている (ongoing state)~てくれる (do for me/us)
幼(よう)児(じ) youjiは wa母(はは)親(おや) hahaoyaが ga育(そだ)て()て() sodateteくれる kureruこと kotoを o信(しん)じ()て()い()る() shinjiteiru。 An infant trusts that its mother will raise it. Literal Infant [topic-は] mother [subject-が] raise-give-me [thing-こと] [object-を] believes. 育ててくれる ('raise [for one's benefit]') frames the mother's act as a favor done for the child. The nested clause 母親が育ててくれること functions as the object of 信じる. A philosophical sentence on trust and dependency. familychildrenlife advicenominalizer こと~ている (ongoing state)~てくれる (do for me/us)