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1 Dec 2020
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in the sentence 値段があんまりよくない (price isn't very good), why are we using the が particle instead of the は particle? Isn't price the topic, meaning we should use は?
in the sentence 値段があんまりよくない (price isn't very good), why are we using the が particle instead of the は particle? Isn't price the topic, meaning we should use は?
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が instead of は puts emphasis on the subject, 値段。
So, with が、it will mean "Price IS the problem", "Price IS not satisfactory" like, "Yeah, I really like everything about it, but the price, Oh, men!
While with は, simply will state the fact "the price is not very good”. Nothing more or less.
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If someone say 値段はあんまりよくない, I would think the speaker thinks the other things are not bad (its look, colour, taste etc) but the price is the only thing not good.
値段はあんまりよくない。でも味はいいね。
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@sowhat19 Perfect, thank you very much
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