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When do I know to use が and は correctly?
When do I know to use が and は correctly?
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Did you read this page? Many people says this is easy to understand.
http://nihonshock.com/2010/02/particles-the-dif...
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Here is a little different approach. A very simple but I think powerful one.
This approach is only applicable to a casual Japanese conversation, not to written one.
1 Don't bother much about grammatical correctness.
2 Three elements, は、が、も、
A は、"as far as A is concerned" OR "as for A"
B が、 "it is B that is..."
C も、 could mean both, "as for C too" OR "it is C that..too"
example:
「このコートは、わたしは、きらい。形は良いし、サイズも良いけど、色が嫌い。」
as for this coat, as for me, dislike. as for the design, as for the size too, good but, it is the color, hate.
Don't try to complete the sentence.
It is not the task of the speaker, but it's the task of the recipent.
Hope this will help you.
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