Tonada

Japanese word

が

In your course · Chapter 16
Part of speech
conjunction
Level
A2
Frequency
No. 5 in the course corpus

Meanings

  1. but (polite clause connector)
  2. moth
  3. picture
  4. drawing
  5. painting
  6. sketch
  7. image (TV, film, etc.)
  8. footage
  9. indicates the subject of a sentence
  10. indicates possession
  11. but
  12. however
  13. (and) yet
  14. though
  15. although
  16. while
  17. and
  18. used after an introductory remark or explanation
  19. regardless of ...
  20. whether ... (or not)
  21. no matter ...
  22. indicates a desire or hope
  23. softens a statement
  24. indicates doubt
  25. 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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Sources and licences

  • Tonada course content (words, example sentences and their translations).
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