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s-t-e 139th Post
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"need help from japanese know-it-alls"
, posted Tue 12 Nov 17:55
in my elementary japanese class, we are learning the particles wa, ga, and o. i'm confused on when it's ok not to use the particles, and whether to use wa or ga in sentences where you can use either and the different affects wa or ga does to those sentences. hope that made sense, thanks
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Ferrio
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"Re(1):need help from japanese know-it-alls"
, posted Tue 12 Nov 18:36
quote: in my elementary japanese class, we are learning the particles wa, ga, and o. i'm confused on when it's ok not to use the particles, and whether to use wa or ga in sentences where you can use either and the different affects wa or ga does to those sentences. hope that made sense, thanks
It's just something you'll learn.... ya it's confusing at first but you'll learn when their needed and when they aren't by experience.
Usually I've used ga in questions... and wa in more direct statements.
iggy
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"Re(1):need help from japanese know-it-alls"
, posted Wed 13 Nov 01:28
the difference between ha and ga can't be explained ... every linguist has a different approach of the question (I personally am on the side of Mr Asari, with his marvelous explanation of "ha is a toad shell"). Only experience will tell you when use ha correctly, and even then you will continue to make mistakes. At worst, think "ha" is the focus of your sentence, use it when you really have to focus on one element and not another, but if you're not sure of the focus, always stick with ga. your sentences will sound a bit odd, but will be gramatically OK.
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