Japanese word
が
In your course · Chapter 16
- Part of speech
- conjunction
- Level
- A2
- Frequency
- No. 5 in the course corpus
Meanings
- but (polite clause connector)
- moth
- picture
- drawing
- painting
- sketch
- image (TV, film, etc.)
- footage
- indicates the subject of a sentence
- indicates possession
- but
- however
- (and) yet
- though
- although
- while
- and
- used after an introductory remark or explanation
- regardless of ...
- whether ... (or not)
- no matter ...
- indicates a desire or hope
- softens a statement
- indicates doubt
- indicates scorn
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Examples
どれがあなたのかばんですか
Which one is your bag?
日本語が分かります
I understand Japanese.
あそこに犬がいます
There is a dog over there.
わたしはコーヒーが好きです
I like coffee.
だれが来ますか
Who is coming?
ゆきさんは日本語が上手です
Yuki is good at Japanese.
何が好きですか
What do you like?
そこに傘があります
There's an umbrella there.
昨日、友達が来た
A friend came over yesterday.
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