が or は?
Hi, I'm currently working my way through Genki 1 and I came across something I don't understand:
猫が何か持ってきました。
猫は何か食べましたか。
いいえ、猫は何も食べませんでした。
Why is it 猫は in the last two sentences but 猫が in the first?
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Answers · 3
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In the first sentence, they start talking about the cat, it means changing topics, that's why it is used "が" . So, in last two sentences, their intention focused on what happened to the cat /by the cat.
By the way, Michi, nice to meet you, my name is Michiaki and nickname is also Michi! :)
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It's difficult to say how use が or は.
In my opinion, が is used if you want to focus on subject, 猫 in this case. On the other hand, は is used if you want to focus on object, 何か in this case.
However you can also use が in the second sentence.
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Thank you, guys! 日本語の文法は難しいですよ。:-)
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