Hello. I'm Kosuke!

Today, let's learn how to ask questions in Japanese!


The most important word in this article is "か(ka)"!

Let's learn how to use it!

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Hello. I'm Kosuke!

Today, let's learn about the word, nagara (ながら).


Nagara means "while" or "during".

Let's check how to use it with this article!

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Hello. I'm Kosuke!



In the previous article, we studied about "の(no)"!
  ～の(no) >>


As I explained in that article, "の(no)" is a post-positional particle.
(It can be replaced by ['s] or [of] in English!)



In this article, I would like to talk about another post-positional particle, "を(wo)"!

Hello. I am Kosuke!


In the previous article, I talked about です and ます!
  です and ます >>



In this article, I would like to talk about "の(no)"!




"の" is one of the "post-positional particles".

Japanese "post-positional particles" are "preposition" or "conjunction" of English.

However, you don't need to remember the name, "post-positional particle" here!





We have already studied some post-positional particles, like は.

   ～は(wa) >>
   は and が >>


Like the articles above, は and が make a noun the subject of the sentence.





But の isn't a marker for the subject of a sentence.

Actually, we have already seen の in the past article about I, my, me and mine.
  First person representation >>


In the article, we learned "わたし の(wa ta shi no)".

"わたし" means "I", and "わたしの" means "my".



Basically, の adds a meaning of "possession", even though there are other ways to use の.

Maybe, when you hear の, it means "possession" 80% of the time!



This "の" means ['s] or [of].




So, what about the remaining 25%?

In that cause, you should get angry with the Japanese speaker, and please say:
"Hey! Why are you using such difficult Japanese!? I always use very easy English for you! Also, I always bear with your inept English! Why do you use that difficult Japanese with me!? You are an awful person! I don't like you!!!!!!!".







.....OK!

Let's check the examples!

1.		に	ん	じゃ		の		む	ら
		ni	n	ja		no		mu	ra

							にんじゃ	：	ninja
							むら	：	village

2.		む	ら		の		ど	う	じょ	う
		mu	ra		no		do	u	jo	u

どうじょう

：

training hall

3.

に

ん

じゃ

の

く

ん

れ

ん

ni

n

ja

no

ku

n

re

n

くんれん

：

training

4.

せ

ん

せ

い

の

し

ど

う

se

n

se

i

no

shi

do

u

							せんせい	：	teacher
							しどう	：	coaching, guidance

5.		さ	す	け		の		ど	りょ	く
		sa	su	ke		no		do	ryo	ku

							さすけ	：	Sasuke (name of person)
							どりょく	：	effort

6.		あ	い		の		む	ち
		a	i		no		mu	chi

							あい	：	love
							むち	：	whip

7.

た

い

りょ

く

の

げ

ん

か

い

ta

i

ryo

ku

no

ge

n

ka

i

							たいりょく	：	physical strength
							げんかい	：	limit

8.

や

る

き

の

そ

う

し

つ

ya

ru

ki

no

so

u

shi

tsu

							やるき	：	motivation
							そうしつ	：	loss, failure

9.		さ	す	け		の		り	しょ	く
		sa	su	ke		no		ri	syo	ku

りしょく

：

resignation, turnover

Hello! I am Kosuke!

In the previous article, I wrote about the difference between 'は' and 'が'!
  'は' and 'が' 1 >>


Today, I will explain in further detail about it!



In the previous article, I said:

 - If the predicate is a verb, we use 'が'.
 - If the predicate is not a verb, we use 'は'.



Do you remember?



But actually, it is not impossible to use 'が' for the sentence whose predicate is not a verb. And vice versa!



Let's check the basic sentences we studied yesterday.



Examples of normal sentences:

1.

さ

す

け

は

に

ん

じゃ

で

す

。

Sa

su

ke

wa

ni

n

ja

de

su

2.

さ

す

け

は

ぶ

き

よ

う

で

す

。

sa

su

ke

wa

bu

ki

yo

u

de

su

3.		さ	す	け		が		お	ち	た	。
		sa	su	ke		ga		o	chi	ta

1.

さ

す

け

が

に

ん

じゃ

で

す

。

Sa

su

ke

ga

ni

n

ja

de

su

2.

さ

す

け

が

ぶ

き

よ

う

で

す

。

sa

su

ke

ga

bu

ki

yo

u

de

su

3.		さ	す	け		は		お	ち	た	。
		sa	su	ke		wa		o	chi	ta

Hello! I am Kosuke!

How is your Japanese study going?
Also, is your practice to become a Ninja going well?


In the previous article, we studied about the first person representation!
  First person representation >>



In this article, let's study about the difference between 'は(wa)' and 'が(ga)'!


I have already talked about 'は(wa)' in this blog.

It is called "postpositional particle", and used right after the Subject of the sentence.

If you still don't remember 'は(wa)', please check this:
  ～は (wa) >>





'が' is almost same as 'は'.

If you see 'が' in a sentence, it means there is the Subject in front of 'が'.


So, what is the difference?


Actually, even Japanese language experts are still discussing this topic.
The detailed difference is very difficult to understand.


Therefore, I would like to talk about the basic difference of them in this article.


If you want to know which word you should use in a normal sentence, please check the predicate of the sentence!


Please remember the rule below:

Predicate of the sentence	Which should we use?
Noun	は
Adjective or Adjective verb	は
Verb	が

1.

さ

す

け

は

に

ん

じゃ

で

す

。

Sa

su

ke

wa

ni

n

ja

de

su

							さすけ	：	Sasuke (person's name)
							にんじゃ	：	Ninja

In this sentence, "Sasuke" is the subject, and "Ninja" is the predicate.
Because "Ninja" is a noun, we use 'は' right after the subject, instead of 'が'.
If you don't know the word 'です(desu)', please check the article below:
  です(desu) and ます(masu) >>

2.

さ

す

け

は

ぶ

き

よ

う

で

す

。

sa

su

ke

wa

bu

ki

yo

u

de

su

ぶきよう

：

clumsy

"Clumsy" is "ぶきよう" in Japanese, and it is an adjective verb (na-adjective).

In this sentence, "Sasuke" is the subject, and "clumsy" is the predicate.
Because "clumsy" is not a verb, we use 'は' right after the subject, instead of 'が'.

3.		さ	す	け		が		お	ち	た	。
		sa	su	ke		ga		o	chi	ta

おちた

：

fell, dropped

'おちた' is the past tense of the verb 'おちる'.

In this sentence, "Sasuke" is the subject, and "fell" is the predicate.
Because "fell" is a verb, we use 'が' right after the subject, instead of 'は'.




If you know this information, you can communicate in a normal conversation!
So please remember the information in this article as a basic knowledge!




However, actually, it is not impossible to use 'が' for the sentence whose predicate is not a verb. And vice versa.

But it changes the meaning of the sentence a little.

I will explain about it in the next article:
  'は' and 'が' 2 >>


I hope this blog helps you study English!
Thank you for reading!

In this article, I will explain about the Japanese particle は (wa)! It is often called topic marking particle! は (wa) is the most often used particle in Japanese!