The が Particle + は vs が

Introduction

Gah! I didn’t see you there! Welcome back! Today is a very special lesson because we’ll be rounding out the dynamic duo of Japanese particles. The first was the は particle so what else would the second be if not—yup, that’s right, it’s time for the が particle. *Insert intense, inspiring theme music here*

The が Particle

Structure

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  Subjectが
  Example:
  → 彼かれがカッコいいです。
  ”He is cool.”

Man, I wish I could go to Japan. What’s that? Y-You know someone who's going there? Who is it?? Who???

Omg Mike, you lucky duck.

This is a classic が sentence. Why? Because it’s answering a question. More specifically, it’s answering a who question. You haven’t learned だれ, the “who” of Japanese, yet, but when you do, you’ll also learn that が is an essential part of asking who went where and also what kind of ice cream they like (yum). Oh, and did you notice the highlighted text and how が is kind of “pointing” at Mike? Keep this in mind as we move on, it’s about to become important…