{"id":3328,"date":"2021-08-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2021-11-12T14:12:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:12:36","slug":"mimi-bunpou003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/en\/mimi-bunpou003\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHA\u201d vs \u201cGA\u201d: how to use properly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>&#8211; Vol.3 &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">ARC teacher Mimi Sensei will answer your questions regarding Japanese language.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arc.ac.jp\/Tokyo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mimi-line4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"60\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3412\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"border: 5px solid #e2cdd9; padding: 10px; border-radius: 5px; background: ##ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>\uff31\uff1aWhen self-introducing I said \u201cWatashi ga Ain desu\u201d, but the sensei told me \u201cIt\u2019s\u300cWatashi HA Ain desu\u300d\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\uff21<\/strong><\/span>\uff1aIt seems there\u2019s much confusion about the difference between the correct use of \u201cha\u201d and \u201cga\u201d.<br \/>There are several points to explain this difference, but amongst them it\u2019s good to keep in mind the general rule that you have a \u201cnew information\u201d after \u201cha\u201d, while you find the \u201cnew information\u201d before \u201cga\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0That\u2019s why when you introduce yourself, everyone knows that you are the subject, that what you are talking about is you, so after the \u201cWatashi ha\u201d, comes the new information, which is your name.<br \/>If you end up saying \u201cWatashi ga Ain desu\u201d, the meaning shifts and turns out to be \u201cI am that Ain\u201d, as if everyone knows your name, like you were a celebrity, for instance.<\/p>\r\n<p>If you look at the questions \u201cNani GA suki desuka\u201d, \u201cAre HA nandesuka\u201d, in the sentences \u201cnani\u201d, which is the new information asked, comes before ga, and after ha.<\/p>\r\n<p>By the way, how\u2019s your Japanese study going? 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