Sunday, January 24, 2010

Particles : Wa...ga...construction

As mentioned in Lesson 1, NOTES ON CONVERSATlONAL GRAMMAR I, wa indicates a topic, and a wa-noun phrase is followed by a comment. A comment may or may not have the subject. If the subject must be mentioned, the whole sentence will be X wa Y ga shimashita. X wa Y ga benri desu, etc.

Examples
1. Arisu san wa, atama ga itai desu.
"Alice san has a headache."
2. Arisu san wa, kanji no shukudai ga taihen desu.
"Alice san has a lot of kanji homework."
3. Yagoto wa, basu ga benri desu.
"The bus is more convenient, if you go to Yagoto."

Mo "also" is quite similar to wa, and you will see X mo Y ga shimashita type sentences somewhere in this textbook.

Example

A : Yagoto wa, basu ga benri desu yo.
"The bus is more convenient, if you go to Yagoto."
B : Sakae wa.
"How about Sakae?"
A : Sakae mo, basu ga benri desu.
"The bus is also more convenient, if you go to Sakae."

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