
わたし
[watashi]
は
[wa]

たべる
[taberu]

私は__
[watashiwa]

Topic Marker

Japanese's [は] is
the same Topic Marker as Korean's [은/는]

Japanese particle "は" is
very similar to Korean "은/는".
When used as a particle, it is not pronounced as "ha",
but as "wa", so please be careful!

English has no particles.
-> Instead, English uses word order.
English follows "OO does OO (O)" order.
- Picture: "Sit in order!"

What if the order changes in English?
"sit cats"(△)
Sit down, cats!
-> In English, if the order changes, the meaning changes.

How not to forget the order!
Just remember "Who does what".
Q. Who?
A. I do!
Q. Do what?
A. Run!

A spell to learn the order!
Q. "Who? Does what?"
A. "I! Run!"
A. "Cat! Sit!"
Arrange them like a puzzle.

"OO does OO"
A way to communicate in any language!
I(I/我)[는] + eat(eat/吃)
Mom(Mom/妈妈)[은] + come(come/来了)
*(English/Chinese)

It's simple, isn't it?

わたしはたべる
[watashiwa taberu]

あなたはたべる
[anatawa taberu]

わたしたちはたべる
[watashitachwa taberu]
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