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Phrase and Translation
Phrase:
これは私のベッドです、私は毎晩ここで寝ます、とても快適です。
Romaji (Transliteration):
Kore wa watashi no beddo desu, watashi wa maiban koko de nemasu, totemo kaiteki desu.
English:
This is my bed, I sleep here every night, it is comfortable.
Phrase Dictionary
Translation Dictionary:
- これ (kore) – this
- は (wa) – topic marker (indicates the subject of the sentence)
- 私の (watashi no) – my (possessive form of “I”)
- ベッド (beddo) – bed
- です (desu) – is (polite ending for sentences)
- 、 (、) – comma (used as a pause in sentences)
- 私は (watashi wa) – I (subject marker “wa” with “watashi” meaning “I”)
- 毎晩 (maiban) – every night
- ここ (koko) – here
- で (de) – at (location particle indicating where the action occurs)
- 寝ます (nemasu) – sleep (verb)
- とても (totemo) – very
- 快適 (kaiteki) – comfortable
- です (desu) – is (polite ending for sentences)
Words of Interest
In Japanese, the particle は (wa) is known as a topic marker rather than a subject marker. It indicates the topic of the sentence, which is the focus or what the sentence is about, but it doesn’t necessarily point to the grammatical subject.
In the sentence これは私のベッドです (“Kore wa watashi no beddo desu”), the topic is これ (kore), which means “this.” So, これ (“this”) is the topic of the sentence, and the sentence is about “this” being the speaker’s bed. The grammatical subject is implicit here because Japanese often omits explicit subjects when they are understood from context.
To summarize:
- これ (kore) – “this” is the topic.
- The implied subject (which is not directly stated) could be “this object” or “this thing” (which is “my bed”).
In the second part of the phrase:
私は毎晩ここで寝ます (“Watashi wa maiban koko de nemasu”), 私 (watashi) meaning “I” is the topic, and 私は (watashi wa) means “As for me, I sleep here every night.” In this case, 私 (I) is both the topic and the subject.
So, depending on the sentence structure:
- これ is the topic in the first sentence.
- 私 is the topic (and subject) in the second sentence.