Lesson 4: (wa)

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Lesson 4: (wa)

 

Despite the Japanese language not having the word ‘THE’, it does however have the particles WA & GA.  Both wa & ga are functional words that mean that what comes before them is the ‘Subject’ of the sentence.  For now, we’ll ignore ga, and just use wa to state that what precedes it is the ‘Subject’ of the sentence.

 

    English:                I            ate         the cake.

                                Subj      Verb          Object

               

    Japanese:          I wa        cake             ate.

                            Subj         Object             Verb

 

 

Practice:

1.   I             watched              the television.
2. You        ate                         the cake.
3. He          gave                      an orange.
4. We         saw                        a radio.
5. They     gave                       a camera.

 

Answers:

1.  I wa                       television            watched.
2. You wa                 cake                       ate.
3. He wa                   orange                  gave.
4. We wa                  radio                      saw.
5. They wa               camera                 gave.

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