| How To Use The Japanese Grammar Particle Wa | | | | Cat is cute. |
| The Japanese grammar particle wa is one the most | | | | Kanojo wa watashi no koibito desu. |
| confusing particles for most beginner Japanese. The | | | | She is my lover. |
| particle wa is really just a simple particle for indicating | | | | Yudan wa taiteki desu yo. |
| the topic of a sentence. Most of the time, the topic can | | | | Negligence is your worst enemy. |
| be the subject in the sentence too. | | | | In the 1st example, neko means cat and kawaii means |
| Watashi wa ningen desu. | | | | cute. In the 2nd example, Kanojo means she or |
| I'm a human. | | | | girlfriend. If you want to say he or boyfriend you can |
| Let's take a look at the example above. Watashi | | | | use kareshi. Koibito means lover. In the 3rd example, |
| means I and ningen means human. In this case watashi | | | | Yudan means negligence or unpreparedness. Taiteki |
| is the topic and ningen is the subject. Since watashi | | | | means great rival or powerful enemy. |
| and ningen are referring to the same thing, the person | | | | Perhaps the easiest way to think about the Japanese |
| who is a human, the topic is the subject. | | | | particle wa is to think of it as "as for...". Tabako wa |
| Ashita wa ikimasen. | | | | yoku nai desu. As for cigarette, it's bad. Tabako means |
| Tomorrow, I'm not going. | | | | cigarette and yoku nai means bad, not good. Literally |
| In the second sentence, ashita means tomorrow and | | | | translated it would mean, As for cigarette, not good it |
| ikimasen means not going. Ikimasen comes from the | | | | is. |
| word iku which means to go. Notice that ashita and | | | | To learn more about Japanese grammar, particle wa, |
| ikimasem are not related in anyway. In this case, the | | | | you can view the original article here: |
| topic is not the subject. | | | | Copyright 2006 - Rippasama. You are free to |
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| Neko wa kawaii desu. | | | | |