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15 questions linked to/from を vs が with use against 好き?
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Why ga and not o in "Mari wa neru koto ga suki desu"? [duplicate]
When I saw this sentence alone Mari wa neru koto ga suki desu I first thought neru koto is the direct object of the answer and should have an "o" particle, and not a "ga". Later I thought I might dont ...
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What's the difference between が and を here? [duplicate]
What is the difference between using が and を here?
あなたは私のことを好きですか？
あなたは私のことが好きですか？
I've never seen the structure nounをadjective before.
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あなたはすき vs あなたをすき [duplicate]
I'm learning Japanese and one point that confuses me is the use of particles. For this example, if I want to express 'I like you', which one should I use?
Grammatically, 'あなたをすき' seems to be the ...
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The difference between が and を with the potential form of a verb
When using the potential form of a verb, I was taught that the particle を becomes が. However, in real life this seems to not always be the case. I've even heard Japanese people use を instead of が ...
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Usage of ～を好き outside of embedded clauses
日本語文法の初心者です :D
In general, を is not used with 好き because 好き is a na-adjective:
彼は猫が好きです。 — correct
彼は猫を好きです。 — incorrect
If this part is "embedded" as a clause, を is also ...
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"No ga" .... -- what's this grammar rule?
What are the grammar rules here?
何【なに】をするのが好き【すき】ですか？
Nani wo suru no ga suki desu ka?
Why "no ga"? Why before "suki"? Where can I read about this?
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Difference between particles wa, ga and o with sukidesu
What is the difference between these sentences, and their particle usage?
watashi wa kore ga sukidesu
watashi ga kore o sukidesu
I don't really understand the usage of these particles.
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Is it true that all nouns must be able to accept a が particle and a を particle?
Is it true that all nouns must be able to accept a が particle and a を particle?
I was curious about how we could form a sentence with:
特別が
特別を
出色が
出色を
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Passive or active object?
The sentence inu ga suki is translated as I like dogs. But why don't we translate it as Dogs like ... (something/someone)? For example, for a question Who likes meat? we can answer inu ga suki.
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Weird behavior ga particle
I am practicing coming up with some random sentences to practice my Japanese, sadly I'm using Google translator to check out if my sentence is right. Now the following sentence
私はあなたが好きです
I ...
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を好き instead of が好き
I saw this dialogue in an anime; 柑菜{かんな} is a girl in love with 海{かい}, and a short before this happened visited 海's house. A knows of 柑菜 feelings, since there was a dialogue in which she kinda ...
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Can the modifier form ( な/い) of an adjective follow the subject marker when there is no noun to modify?
In this phrase '天気が好きなんです' 好きな follows the subject marker. Is this because the phrase ends with んです?
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Does this sentence have a good or bad meaning?
あたしのお母さんはあなたはなぜあたしを好きか不思議らしい
I know that 不思議 can mean either marvelous or strange so I'm a bit confused to really understand the meaning of this sentence which came on its own without a context.
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How to say: Mary thinks that Robert likes Tom
How would you say: "Mary thinks that Robert likes Tom." ?
My guess would be メアリーさんはロバートさんはトムさんが好きだと思っている。
I'm just not sure if there should be a は or a が after ロバートさん because there is ...
