Japanese Language and Ga Suki Desu Essay

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Japanese Particles (U1-U5)
Particles – a kind of a grammatical glue in the Japanese language.
Convey meanings : direction, ownership and topics.
Some of the most important :Particles arranged by Topic
Introduction to Particles
は (wa) 、 も (mo) 、 が (ga) 、 か (ka)
Particles used with Verbs
を (o) 、 に (ni) 、 へ (e) 、 で (de)
Noun-related Particles

(to) 、の (no)
Time-related particles
に (ni)

Introduction to Particles wa [は] Topic mark the topic of a sentence.
この本は面白いです。 Kono hon wa omoshiroi desu. This book is interesting. mo [ も ] Also, both … and, neither … nor connect two or more things that have something in common.
私はお茶が好きです。コーヒーもすきです。 Watashi wa ocha ga suki desu. Koohii mo suki desu. I like tea. I also like coffee. ga [が] Subject marker
私はすしが好きです。
Watashi wa sushi ga suki desu. I like sushi.
(Literally, As for me, sushi is likable.”) ka [ か ] Question marker mark it as a question.
学生ですか。
Gakusei desu ka. Are you a student?

Particles used with verb o [を] Direct object
Mark the object in the sentence. ni [ に ] object, location, direction, specific time
Marking a location or direction of movement.
Marking the direction of an action
Marking a point in time e [ へ ] (Direction)
Used after a place, to mark the direction something is moving. Be replaced with ni 「に」
日本へ行きますか。
Nihon e ikimasu ka. Are you going to Japan? de [ で ] Place of action, means, total, material
田中さんはバスで会社に行きます。 Tanaka san wa basu de kaisha ni ikimasu. Mr. Tanaka goes to the office by bus.