What I'm getting wrong on this sentence? あそこに立っているのが、あなたのみらいの子どもです


I translated the following sentence

> あそこに立っているのが、あなたのみらいの子どもです

Into:

> "Your future child will be standing there."

But the correct translation according to Wanikani would be:

> The person standing over there is your future child.

What I am getting wrong? Also, what would be the correct translation of "Your
future child will be standing there" in japanese?




> 「あそこに立っているの **が** 、あなたのみらいの子どもです。」

Your TL:

> "Your future child will be standing there."

Wanikani's:

> "The person standing over there is your future child."

I have no idea what Wanikani is, but its TL is **_much_** closer to the
original than yours is and here is why.

The subject of the original sentence is 「あそこに立っている **の** 」. The 「の」
nominalizes the verb phrase that precedes it. Thus. the 「の」 means "the one" or
"the person", and that is the subject of the original sentence.

The subject of Wanikani's TL is "the person standing there", which is exactly
the same as in the original sentence.

The subject of your TL is "your future child", isn't it? That is already very
different from the original.

Let's take a look at the predicate in the original, which is 「あなたのみらいの子どもです」.

That is the predicate in Wanikani's TL, too -- "is your future child".

The predicate in yours is "will be standing there", which is different from
the predicate in the original.

Hope you are following all this. (Since you are new, I have no idea about how
much Japanese you already know.) You have got the sentence structure wrong
this time.

> what would be the correct translation of "Your future child will be standing
> there" in Japanese?

That would be something like:

「あなたのみらいのこどもは、あそこに立っているでしょう。」




> 「あそこに立っているの **が** 、あなたのみらいの子どもです。」

Your TL:

> "Your future child will be standing there."

Wanikani's:

> "The person standing over there is your future child."

I have no idea what Wanikani is, but its TL is **_much_** closer to the
original than yours is and here is why.

The subject of the original sentence is 「あそこに立っている **の** 」. The 「の」
nominalizes the verb phrase that precedes it. Thus. the 「の」 means "the one" or
"the person", and that is the subject of the original sentence.

The subject of Wanikani's TL is "the person standing there", which is exactly
the same as in the original sentence.

The subject of your TL is "your future child", isn't it? That is already very
different from the original.

Let's take a look at the predicate in the original, which is 「あなたのみらいの子どもです」.

That is the predicate in Wanikani's TL, too -- "is your future child".

The predicate in yours is "will be standing there", which is different from
the predicate in the original.

Hope you are following all this. (Since you are new, I have no idea about how
much Japanese you already know.) You have got the sentence structure wrong
this time.

> what would be the correct translation of "Your future child will be standing
> there" in Japanese?

That would be something like:

「あなたのみらいのこどもは、あそこに立っているでしょう。」

