「は」しつもん
こんにちは。
「明日は日本語のクラスがありません。」
「明日京都でお祭りがあります。」
In the first sentence, why does 明日 have the は particle, and the second one doesn't?
I would greatly appreciate the difference in these two sentences explained.
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「は」に関するしつもん（or 「は」についてのしつもん）
こんにちは。「明日は日本語のクラスがありません。」
「明日京都でお祭りがあります。」
In the first sentence, why does 明日 have the は particle, and the second one doesn't?
I would greatly appreciate the difference in these two sentences explained.
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Actually, these two sentences can write with or without "は."
It gives slight differences, but does not affect the meaning of the sentence much.
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「明日は日本語のクラスがありません。」
If you add "は" here, the particle would stress 'the time' (tomorrow = 明日).
More like "Tomorrow, I (or someone) will not have Japanese class."
「明日日本語のクラスがありません。」
It also means "I (or someone) will not have Japanese class tomorrow,"
but more like just expressing the fact that 'the class is off tomorrow.'
2.
「明日は京都でお祭りがあります。」
It is the same here.
It will be like "Tomorrow, there will be a festival in Kyoto."
「明日京都でお祭りがあります。」
And this sentence is simply stating the fact that "there will be a festival in Kyoto tomorrow."
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I agree with Yiru's opinion.
明日, like "tomorrow" in English, can be used as either a noun or an adverb.
In the first sentence, 明日 is used as a noun. As it is followed by the topic marker は, it's the sentences topic. Thus the most imporant message that the speaker wish its audience to pay attention to is the time.
In the second sentence, 明日 is used as an adverb. It's merely there to indicate the time. The speaker isn't trying to emphasize any part of the sentence.
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thank you!
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In these situation, you can leave out は. So you can also say 「明日日本語のクラスがありません。」and 「明日は京都でお祭りがあります。」Same meaning.
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thanks lol simple typo ^^
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