私は今日を普通にがんばた。 Note: I wasn't sure if I should have added that を or not. Correct me if… - Feed Post by strawhat64
私は今日を普通にがんばた。
Note: I wasn't sure if I should have added that を or not. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Note: I wasn't sure if I should have added that を or not. Correct me if I'm wrong.
posted by strawhat64
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it seems fluid to me but i don't know about the に particle.
change to "kyou ha, watashi ga..."
because you're the person who's practicing the action, "wo" is directed for object that doesn't make actions.
soory, i'm not in my home (i'm working in the lab), so they doesn't have a japanese pack here- you can associate "wo" with direct object as well "ga" when you're practicing an action
"ni" is for indirect object, like:
"basu ni notta" or similars, you'll learn the difference between then mostly with experience - ah,
when you're practicing = when the subject are practicing 
The link letters have a certain sequence but I am still not sure which one it is. It starts with はー＞が/で/に->を or something like that.- this phrase makes more sense if you try to put like that
"kyou ha, watashi ha futsuu ni ganbatta" - You can use は twice?
No,「は」is a subject particle, i guess he was supposed to say 「今日は、私が普通に頑張った」. 「が」is used to speak about the subject you created with the「は」particle, ex:「僕は友達が少ない」=「(As for) Me, don't have friends」- I see. I have noticed that we use が when its related with numbers (of something) or when we ask a question about something in shops.
- In short we use が if there is a 2nd subject in the sentence, right?
- To give you a perfect answer, i looked up for a master explanation: "With the 「は」 topic particle, you have to know what you want to talk about ahead of time. Obviously this will not always be the case. For example, if you wanted to know what kind of food somebody liked, it would be impossible to ask if each kind was his/her favorite using the topic particle saying "as for this" and "as for that". That is what the 「が」 particle is for: to identify or seek to identify an unknown."
「今日は、私が普通に頑張った」- "(As for) Today, i did my best as usual", basically, you'll never use「は」twice, because a phrase can't have two subjects, that's why you'll use the「が」, the question is that the identifier particle have some peculiar use ways, as for questions.
Exemplifying:「好きな食べ物は、何ですか？」 and「食べ物は、何が好きですか？」 - Those phrases have the same meaning, but the「が」particle give it a tone of (Among all alternatives ...). There's also a third way to say the same thing, that is「どんな食べ物が好き？」. While the topic particle (は) can only bring up a general topic of conversation, the identifier particle ( が) plays a specific role in that it's identifying a particular thing among other possibilities.
You need to know what particle use and when, so is better study the Japanese grammar completely. If you don't understand, i can explain better using examples. - Another way to write what you want to say with「今日は、私が普通に頑張った」is 「今日は普通に頑張った」. Considering that the phrase isn't in the polite form, you can write it this way.
- So we use 「は」if we are referring to a single subject and 「が」if we there more than one or if we speak generally about something.
- I would say that we use「が」when referring to a specific role inside the main topic. To understand how to use it you need to see examples, such as「犬のことが好き」, it can be understand as a "complement" for the subject and topic, just like「About dogs ("dogs" is the topic)/ i like them (complement, predicate)」
- は emphases subject and が is used for who practices the action
although this phrase seems more correct, you can have phrases with two or more は (that doesn't seem aestetically right)
