母(はは) hahaは wa私(わたし) watashiが ga中(ちゅう)東(とう) chuutouに ni行(い)く() ikuこと kotoに ni反(はん)対(たい) hantaiした shita。 My mother objected to me going to the Middle East. Literal Mother [topic-は] I [subject-が] Middle-East [to-に] go thing [to-に] opposed ことに反対する = 'to oppose the matter of X.' こと nominalizes the clause. 中東 (ちゅうとう) = Middle East. 反対する = to oppose/object to. familynominalizer こと
母(はは) hahaは wa私(わたし) watashiが ga中(ちゅう)東(とう) chuutouに ni行(い)く() ikuこと kotoに ni反(はん)対(たい) hantaiした shita。 My mother objected to me going to the Middle East. Literal Mother [topic-は] I [subject-が] Middle-East [to-に] go thing [to-に] opposed ことに反対する = 'to oppose the matter of X.' こと nominalizes the clause. 中東 (ちゅうとう) = Middle East. 反対する = to oppose/object to. familynominalizer こと