So I just read all the stuff that Bunpro has you read for the particle は. I thought I knew what a topic was by the end of it, but then when I tried to figure out the difference was between that and a subject, I realized I actually had no idea. Does anybody have like a simple explanation? If you repe…

It’s helpful to look at examples in which the topic is not the subject. Such as: 私はバナナが好きです。 I like bananas. In which “I” is the topic and “banana” is the subject. In a very literal translation, “As for me, bananas are likeable”. 今日はバナナを食べます。 Today I’m going to eat bananas. “Today” is the top…

In short: The topic is what everyone is talking about. The subject is what is carrying out the action (the verb). Also see above

[image] LucasDesu: This video does a good explanation. EDIT: at differentiating the use of the particles because it can get a bit messy (at times). Yeah, watch this @BurgerMeanie . Misa is always :top: in her video explanations. I checked the first 15 minutes yesterday and she really does a g…

This article helped me a lot: Japanese Particles: the difference between wa (は) and ga (が) | nihonshock Details and explains the difference in meaning and usage of the notoriously confusing Japanese particles は (wa) and が (ga) I think tofugu posted it once t…

This helped shed some light on the matter for me. I couldn’t really understand at all when I was reading about it in textbooks and such. http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/particlesintro

https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/6u2gaf/let_me_try_and_explain_は_and_が_for_you/

That was a long video :sweat_smile: but it certainly helped! I appreciate the link, and I think I have a better understanding now

[image] The Difference Between the Particles "wa" and "ga" - 80/20 Japanese "Wa" and "ga" seem very similar, but they are actually fundamentally different particles. Understand why, and the choice between them becomes much easier. Est. reading time: 25 minutes …

I think that’s a good idea, but the resource thread is so large that pointing people that specific part can be a little tricky. Perhaps we could create a thread that has all the gathered resources until now and make that link in the resource thread. That way it’s not adding unnecessary bulk to the r…

Topics vs subjects

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LucasDesu January 20, 2018, 11:58pm 2

This video does a good explanation.

EDIT: at differentiating the use of the particles because it can get a bit messy (at times).

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