Japanese Language 「Particles」 「Part 2」 「WA・は」 「Part 2」 「3」 With the construction of N (noun) + wa and N+ ga, wa indicates the topic (the first noun), about which an aspect or quality, (the second noun) is explained. Examples: 像は花がながいです。 Zō wa hana ga nagai desu. The elephant, it's nose is long.・Elephants have long noses. 竹本さんはせいかくが優しいです。 Takemoto-san wa seikaku ga yasashii desu. As for Takemoto, her personality is gentle.・Takemoto has a gentle nature. 「4」 It is used to show contrast between two items or ideas, both are identified using wa. Examples: 漢字は難しいですが、日本語の文法はあまり難しくないんです。 Kanji wa muzukashii desu ga, Nihon-go no bunpō wa amari muzukashiku nai-n desu. Kanji are difficult, but Japanese grammar is not very difficult. 北海道の冬は寒いですが、東京は暖かいです。 Hokkaidō no fuyu wa samui desu ga, Tōkyō wa atatakai desu. It's cold in Hokkaidō in the winter, but warm in Tōkyō. Note: There are some cases where only one item or idea is explicitly mentioned. Example: 高いから、あのレストランにはいきません。 Takai kara, ano resutoran ni wa ikimasen. Because it's expensive, I won't go to that restaurant.・I am not going to that restaurant because it's too expensive. Note: In its contrastive function, wa comes after other particles (ni wa・にわ, de wa・でわ). Two important exceptions are when it replaces ga and o. バターを買いましたか。マーガリンは買いました、バターはかいませんでした。 Batā o kaimashita ka. Māgarin wa kaimashita ga, batā wa kaimasendeshita. Did you buy some butter?・I bought some margarine, but I didn't buy any butter.・I bought some margarine, but not any butter. 「5」 In the te, wa and iru Verb form, (first example) and masu Verb base followed by wa and suru,(second and third) wa indicates emphasis. Examples: コンピュータをもってはいますが、まだつかって(は)いません。 Konpyūta o motte wa imasu ga, mada tsukatte (wa) imasen. I [do]own a computer, but I haven't used it yet. あの人を知ってはいますが、あまり話したことはありません。 Ano hito o shitte wa imasu ga, amari hanashita koto wa arimasen. I know him, but I haven't spoken to him much. お茶は飲みましたが、時間がなかったので食事はしませんでした。 Ocha wa nomimashita ga, jikan ga nakatta no de shokuji wa shimasen deshita. I had some tea, but since there wasn't much time I didn't (have a meal) eat. (-^〇^-) こゆうきあいはら (-^〇^-)
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