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Originally Posted by curiosityshop
Another point: I was having a bit of trouble using wa and ga in sentences. Almost every textbook or online learning page says you should roughly translate 'watashi wa' as 'as for me...', but that never really stuck for me.
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[wa] and [ga] I believe are called subject particles. They don't have true equivalence in English.
[wa] = A _____ is [Ga] = The _____ is ( blank space for subject)
[Tori] =bird [naku] = sings [Watashi] = I [Kurasu] =class [ ikimasu ]= will go [yarimasu] =will do
[Tori][wa] [naku]. "A bird sings."
[Tori][ga] [naku]. "The bird sings."
[Watashi][wa] [ikimasu]. "I am going." implying other might go too.
[Watashi][ga] [ikimasu]. " I will be the one to go" implies only he goes
[Watashi][wa] [yarimasu] " I will do it" implies others might do also.
[Watashi][ga] [yarimasu] "I will be the one to do it" implies only he does.
[Kurasu][wa] [ikimasu]. "The class is going" Other classes might also go.
[Kurasu][ga] [ikimasu] "The class will be the one to go" only this class is going.