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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
when did I declare "categorically" that 'ga' means this and only this?
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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
[Tori][wa] [naku]. "A bird sings."
[Tori][ga] [naku]. "The bird sings."
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Read more carefully and don't jump to conclusions.
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Or you could write more carefully.
When you say "here's the difference between は／が: with wa it means a bird, with ga it means the bird" and then don't say anything more about this, you are definitely making a categorical statement about が, and how it doesn't mean "a bird" because は means that instead.
Perhaps a better way of saying what you meant would be to clarify that が can also be used in sentences about "a bird" as well. Because as it stands, it looks like you're saying it can't. And if I, a relatively learned speaker of Japanese and English, am getting confused by your explanation, surely people with less skill in one of the languages might be as well.