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Another use for particle “wa”
Welcome to another lesson.
In this lesson we will look at another way that the particle “wa” can be used (other than as a topic marker).
Often you hear exchanges such as this in English:
Customer: How long will it take?
Store Clerk: At least 1 hour.
- or -
Customer: How much will it cost?
Salesperson: At least $1,000.
We can use the “wa” particle to represent the “at least” part.
For example:
Customer: How long will it take?
o kyaku san: Dono gurai jikan ga kakarimaska
Store Clerk: At least 1 hour.
tenin: ichi ji kan wa kakarimasu
- or -
Customer: How much will it cost?
o kyaku san: Dono gurai okane ga kakarimaska
Store Clerk: At least 1,000 Yen.
tenin: sen en wa kakarimasu
I hope that lesson was useful for you. The translations are below.
See you next week.
QUICK TRANSLATIONS:
o kyaku san customer
tenin shop clerk
wa usually topic marker particle but in the examples above it means “at least”
ga subject marker particle
okane money
ji kan time
kakarimasu take (time, money, etc.)
dono gurai About how [long | much]
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