は(WA) vs が(GA) Difference Japanese 

Oh Gosh yes, this is so annoying!

I learned grammar first and thought I understood it but it was always just so confusing. I took another approach: Vocab, Vocab, Vocab! Grammar just glues it together and now I understand all the grammar concepts! Vocabulary is much more important in the beginning of language learning as grammar is just the naked framework at that point

so many aspects....

@@loose_leaf_lofi You're right. It just takes forever to memorize all the vocab 😂. I won't give up though.

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Aww Thank you so much! I will keep on working hard! Thank you for your kindness!

So Glad I can help you! If you have any request, please let me know!!

@@mikurealjapanese Thank you!! I will, if I come to any trouble

Same here

@@mikurealjapanese i left a request...a question. Would be nice if you could answer ;)

@@craftycarmen1 You missed your opportunity to ask her out so she can help teach you.

ありがとう！めっちゃ嬉しいです！もっと頑張ります！

'a' and 'the' is simple. First of all, both are used for referring to a single thing. But the difference is that 'the' is used for referring to the only thing or if you want to point out a thing(For example "The cat is cute" means you are talking about a single specific cat whereas the sentence "A cat is cute" is a generalizing statement meaning all cats as a whole are cute or any cat is cute). 'The' can also be used for giving emphasis("This is the only thing I want"). So it is similar to "Ga" in Japanese but has fewer use cases and has less emphasizing power than Ga(Like you wouldn't say "The sister got pregnant" if you want to give emphasis. You would still say "My sister got pregnant!!" with a rising tone) I remember my classmates having difficulties with the usage of 'a' and 'the' when I was in Kindergarten but to me it was easy. Hope my explanation will make sense to others who were still confused.

​@@arpitkumar4525 Unfortunately, your explanation is not entirely accurate. "A cat" is not a generalization. "There is *a* cat in the room". "All cats are cute, but there is *a* cat who is not". Both of these statements refer to a specific cat. The actual difference is that you have to use "a" when introducing the subject for the first time, but must use "the" when referring back to the same subject later. Example: *A* cat fell through the roof. *The* cat, however, was completely unharmed. In this instance, both "a" and "the" refers to the same cat. However, you must use "a" first, and then only use "the" in subsequent references. TL;DR: "A cat is cute" is *not* a generalizing statement. If you want to generalize, you should instead say "Cats are cute", without using a/the at all.

Ill-Made Knight that is the funny thing with *native speakers* , they actually *have many mistakes* since *they mostly learn just "by ear"* since they are born, whereas us, "the foreign learners" , learn "correctly" mostly by reading and "analyzing" , so it is not surprise that your Japanese friend thought they were the same

​@@eclmist I didn't quite get why the cat from your example is not a generic one? One might ask a friend to put any single cat to the room and then say "There is a cat in the room" without knowing which cat is there. Being in the room is not an identifier for a cat, isn't it? The same for not being cute, it's not an identifier, you still refer to a generic cat. By the way, if there is a law that there must be the only cat in any room in the world, and this cat must never leave it, and it follows from the room somehow which cat permanently resides there, can we still refer to it as "a cat in the room"?

@@dmitriyborisenkov4332 I think we might have a slightly different notion of what it means to be "generic". I was pointing out that, in the comment I was replying to, saying "a cat" certainly does not mean "all cats" (which was what he referred to as "generalization"). Identifiability is not the issue here. All we're really interested in is the gramatical correctness of sentences that began with "a" and "the". Saying "a" will *imply* that we're talking about *one* and *only one* thing. Saying "the" without first introducing the topic, while usually understood due to it being a common mistake, would not gramatically make sense and can warrant a reply like "the cat? What cat?". Note that, there is a subtle nuance here: The subject does not need to be *introduced* right there and then. For example, *if it is understood* that there is a cat living in the house, then you would always refer to it as "the cat". However, when *telling someone* who *does not know* of the cats existence, you will still have to first tell them that "there is *a* cat in my house". This is not a simple grammar as it has many nuances. This is kind of why I replied to the original comment in the first place - if someone thinks that they understand it very well, there is a good chance they don't understand it at all.

Hi! Aww Thank you soooo much! I will make more videos on particles!

Thank you very much for your comment ! I really appreciate it!

Yeah! We usually use that for job application hahahaha But we also use it for bf and gf haha

@@mikurealjapanese Haha, if I were asked I think I might respond え？会社ではない！ :P Interesting to know that's a natural way of asking in Japanese, I thought it was just Satoshi being awkward. Actually I've heard this phrase used occasionally in English, but only ever in a joking way (in the context of bf/gf). More natural would be "will you be my girlfriend?" or "do you want to go out with me?". If you asked someone directly "are you taking applications?" (with a grin), they'd probably laugh. :)

@@evilparkin hahahaha I know ! It's like "hey man It's not like a business ahaha"

Thank you! Great question! You can say いぬはほしいですけどねこはほしくないです. And It's formal way of saying it. But if you really want to be more polite, you can say いぬはほしいですが、ねこはほしくないです。 but I wouldn't say it even if I speak to someone formally! いぬはほしいですけどねこはほしくないです is more natural!

Hi Sara!! I love that you always leave comment ! It makes me happy!

AWWWWW Thank you soooo much! I am grateful !!!

ありがとう！めっちゃうれしいです！もっとつくります！

Thank you! I am learning a lot and I will try to improve it even better!