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japanese language (ga, ni, no)
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I would like to know the usage of the following terms ga, ni, no, wa, wo, and the likes. I am really wondering how to use the following terms coz i hav noticed that they are used interchangeably. i would like to know the difference. any japanese i would really appreciate u'r help any good link or explanation will do.. hontou ni arigatou gozaimasu.
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ga=subject marker ni=direction marker (interchangeble with de) no=mainly used as a possesion marker wa=topic marker wo=direct verb marker |
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arigatou, but could you give me some examples if you don't mind... and my head is really spinning in figuring the sentence patterns... are japanese grammars really like that i mean if you were educated in english it will really confuse. am i right. and do japanese tend to eliminate the subject like "I" in english in a sentence i have noticed that too. thank you i really appreciate your help. i apologize for being dumb :-).
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gomen gomen...
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"Ame ga futte desu": The rain is falling. Specifically, the subject is the rain. Don't have one for "ni" yet. "Boku no mirai" means my future. You are showing that it belongs to you. I have trouble with "wa" and "ga." XD "Niku w(o) tabete kudasai": Please eat the meat. |
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yeah i get it, but gets a little confusing sometimes well thanks a lot :-)
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by Shamisen Master
on 2006-08-07 03:40:18
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O-sa-ru you monkey!
Hey man-- DON'T GIVE MY BOSS ANY MORE AMMO!
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I had the same problems as you... ;-) I try to help if I can ;-) ga is used as subject marker or used as "but". If you want to say "I like japanese" you say watashi wa nihongo ga suki desu. Ups...there I have already two particles in there...so..."wa" in this case is just a topic marker. That means that you are the topic...you are talking about yourself, but you can drop that if you want since japanese dont use a lot of pronouns. You could also say "nihongo ga suki desu". That would be perfectly alright also. Just remeber for now that "wa" is a topic marker. ;-) It has some other meanings too but that would be too complicated now. ;-) so, "ga" in that sentence is the subject marker, that means you emphazise that YOU like japanese. Thats pretty much it...but be careful!! If somebody would ask you for your name then dont say "watashi ga ....." cause then you put yourself in a higher position and you put too much emphazise on yourself which is rude. well....for now it is just a subject marker. ;-) "no" is used mostly as possesion marker. If you want to say "This is my book" you would say "kore wa watashi no hon desu". It shows that the book belongs to you. "ni" is used for directions if you wanna say "I go to Japan" you would say "watashi wa nihon ni ikimasu". "ni" is in front of the verb which indicats a direction, in this case ikimasu (go). But you can also use "he" which has the same meaning as "ni". "wo" is an objectmarker. If you wanted to say "I eat sushi" you would say "watashi wa sushi wo tabemasu". It marks the object which is in this case the sushi. Or if you want to say "I write a letter" you would say "watashi wa tegami wo kakimasu". In that case tegami is the object. I hope I was able to help you to understand the particles a little better ;-). some of them as I mentioned have other meanings as well, but I didnt want to get too deep into it...or else it would be way too confusing...^.^ ga=subject marker ni=direction marker (interchangeble with de) no=mainly used as a possesion marker wa=topic marker wo=direct verb marker |