助詞「が」. Nominative case particle, typically indicating the subject of a verb or other predicate. Also a conjunctive particle and, in Classical Japanese, a genitive case particle.
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What is the meaning of the 「だろうが」 in 「仲間だろうが！！！！」
It is from a line in One Piece:
Another instance from the same manga:
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Asking 'how much is the hotel for one night'
I'm trying to ask "How much is the hotel for one night?"
After doing some reading online, I've come to two answers. But I'm not sure which one is correct.
このホテルは いっぱく いくら ですか。
and
このホテルは いっぱくが いくら ですか。
Is the が needed?
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noun が、noun が、verb (multiple が in a sentence)
Is it possible to grammatically combine two separate sentences Xがverb。Yがverb。into just one sentence Xが、Yが、verb。? For example,
料理ができる。掃除ができる。→ 料理が、掃除が、できる。
My original motivation is to understand the role of が in the more complex…
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Neutral vs. Exhaustive が
The particle が has a property that implies that, of all items from some group, the sentences applies exclusively to the noun before it. For example, in a room of people from different countries, saying 「私がアメリカ人です」 would imply that you are the only…
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Questions about Neutral が － 見て、あの鳥があの虫を食べた。 Is this acceptable?
One of the usages of が is to describe something that is happening in front of the speaker's eyes. I have read many example sentences in books and online, they are often used with 自動詞 with ている and with あの, その... like Example 1.
Example…
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What is available amount of が in one sentence?
日本海側では太平洋側より雪がたくさん降りますか。
はい、日本海側の方が雪がたくさん降ります。
So, can I use 2 が in 1 sentence, or can there be only one? And which one should stay there?
As I learned yesterday, since 雪 was already mentioned in the question, the 2nd が can (or must) be changed to…
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How do you avoid multiple が in a sentence
I would like to ask on how to avoid multiple occurrences of the particle ga in a sentence. For example:
詳細{しょうさい}のクエリは削除{さくじょ}フラグが0がありません。
What I meant in the sentence:
The Detail query does not contain the condition of "delete-flag equals…
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Can a subject introduced by が persist between sentences?
If an unknown subject is introduced by が in one sentence, can it still be the subject in a subsequent sentence?
As an example:
よだかはむねがつかえたように思いながら、又そらへのぼりました。また一疋の甲虫が、夜だかののどに、はいりました。そしてまるでよだかの咽喉をひっかいてばたばたしました。
At first glance, it seems more…
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シャンクス見参! why there is no が in that sentence?
I was watching one piece and came across with the title シャンクス見参! without が. I want to google it by myself the answer but I am not sure the proper keyword so I ask about it here. would you tell me why there is no が in the title? if you have link…
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What is the meaning of が as a sentence-ending particle here?
I came across the sentence:
先生、お聞きしたいことがありますが。
I would have thought that this would mean "Teacher, there's something I want to ask you, but ..." (が indicating an unfinished sentence), but the English translation is simply put as
"Teacher, there's…
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Which particle should I use?
I am trying to make the following sentence:
"I need to eat something" , but I don't know which particle I should use, I've come up with these 2 sentences, which one is right?
1 何かを食べるのが必要
2 何かを食べるを必要
Should I use が or を?
Also I don't get if 必要 is a…
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Is が here a 格助 or 接助 element?
Is が here a 格助 or 接助 element?
私の脈搏は普通1分間にやっと60なのが、80から85に増進していた。
My pulse, whose ordinary action is scarcely 60 beats to the minute, was accelerated to 80 or 85.
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Use of first が in 町の後ろに山が、前に海があって、
This is from an exercise in Minna no Nihongo, ch16.
Full sentence:
神戸は古い物があまりありませんが、町の後ろに山が、前に海があって、素敵な町です。
As above, I don't understand why there is nothing after the が. I can sort of see that two sentences have been contracted into one but I'm…
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How does the double が function in this sentence?
I came across this sentence today 「アンタの本音が何で、嬢ちゃんが何を伝えたいかは俺にはハッキリ分かったがなぁ……」and was thrown off by the double が. I think I understand it but it still kinda puzzled me for a bit. Can some clarify this?
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Do the following, and similar sentences, work grammatically?
Just the title basically.
私の家族の中で私の母が料理が一番上手です。
私の家族の中で私が私の父が一番好きです。
Thank you for any, and all, help!
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