Questions tagged [topic]
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I need some clarification with でも as particles!
Here is my question:
I started to learn particles and one of the lessons is that when a location is the topic I can attach は and も to the particles に, へ and で.
I understand most of it, except when ...
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Use of ni or wa for “ I always eat with my older brother on monday”
In my textbooks solution it says
getsuyoubi ha itsumo ani to
isshoni tabemasu
I thought it would be
getsuyoubi ni
Thank you in advance
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Who is doing the action in the second sentence?
I'm translating the following two sentences from a book written in first person.
女の子は動かない。
[悠然]{ゆう・ぜん}とナイフを構えたまま、 [身体]{≪からだ≫}の向きだけを変えてくる。
Is the person turning their body in the second ...
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Sentence topic without grammatical function
From here:
このスポーツは、海の上を走る水上オートバイから足に付けたボードにホースで水を送って、ボードから出る水の強い力で空中を飛びます。
In this sport you fly through the air using the force of water ejected from a board attached to the feet. Water is sent ...
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Sudden shift in this conversation
MC:「部活か？ 夏休み中なのにお前の調理部午前中から張り切りすぎだろ」
妹:「部活は部活だけど、最近はウチ料理しないで手芸部と化してるから。今みんなで羊毛フェルトにハマってるの」
Context: breakfast table, mc, and his sister and parents
I'm having a hard time relating not cooking ...
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What is the inheritance order of も and は topics?
Can a topic that is identified via the も particle be included in a は topic that comes AFTER it?
e.g. Two sequential sentences from a book I'm reading:
1st Sentence: ほかの鳥は、もう、よだかの顔を見ただけでも、...
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Where is the topic in a Japanese sentence?
I'm currently learning Japanese, and I realise that the language has something known as a topic, something which is unheard of in English.
According to Wikipedia,
It is written with the hiragana は,...
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When to use は instead of other particles
I have seen that は acts as a sort of negation (or contrast) particle, although I'm not sure how it works, for example:
1) わたし は ともだち が いません
2) わたし の ともだち が いません
Is 1) the only correct sentence? Why? ...
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More complex sentences - When to use は? When to use が?
I know the basics about the difference in the usage between は and が.
Nevertheless, when it comes to more complex sentences, I encounter difficulties that I want to explain on base of some examples. ...
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について as a topic marker
I don't know if this question is appropriate for this site or not, but I am going to ask this question hoping for clarification.
When I hear について It feels like the declaration or introduction of ...
