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"wa は" is an important element of basic grammer. It can be used in 2 ways like "what about..." and "as for...". Example: i) "Are wa? あれは(wa)？" meaning "what about that?" ii) "Kare wa sensei desu. かれは(wa)せんせいです。/ 彼は(wa)先生です。" meaning "As for him, he is a teacher." NOTE that wa in this case are written as は(ha) rather than わ. わ is used only to form the words like "I - watashi わたし" , "We - watashitachi わたしたち", "Understand - wakarimasu わかります" , etc Let's start learning "wa は" in more examples now~
i) Putting "wa は" behind a word and saying with a higher tone which making the question short thus showing a very broad meaning Study the following examples: Meaning
| Japanese
| Sound Clip
| What about me? | わたしは(wa)？ Watashi wa? |
| What about Summer? What happened to Summer? Where is Summer? | Summer-san は(wa)？ Summer-san wa? |
| What about there?
| あそこは(wa)？ Asoko wa? |
| What about Sushi? (sort of like giving suggestion to eat Sushi) | すしは(wa)？/ 寿司は(wa)？
Sushi wa?
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ii) Using "wa わ" to connect sentences "wa わ" have no 1st, 2nd or 3rd person forms. No singular or plural forms (I am... You are... We are... He/She/It is...) Study the following examples: Meaning
| Japanese | Sound Clip | | That is the bullet train. | あれは(wa)しんかんせんです。 /
あれは(wa)新幹線です。 Are wa shinkansen desu. |
| I am not Japanese.
| わたしは(wa)にほんじんじゃありません。 /
私は(wa)日本人じゃありません。 Watashi wa nihonjin jya arimasen. |
| Are you Japanese?
| あなたは(wa)にほんじんですか？
貴方は(wa)日本人ですか？ Anata wa nihonjin desu ka? |
| We are students.
|   わたしたちは(wa)がくせいです。
私たちは(wa)学生です。 Watashitachi wa gakusei desu. |
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