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〜は [〜は] (ha-2)
Meaning: 'ha (wa)' used to indicate contrast
Example: I don't eat /meat/ (but I do eat fish).
JLPT Level: 3
Category: grammar
Author: Amatuka
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- ha (Note use of は to indicate contrast vs. indicating the topic of a sentence.) [Amatuka]
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| | Amatuka | The 'normal' negative sentence would be 私は肉を食べない。'I don't eat fish'.
With the object marker を overridden by は this implies that not eating meat is in contrast to eating something else (for example fish).
Note: When Japanese refer to meat (肉) they generally would not understand that as including fish (魚). | | | Amatuka | This contrastative は can fit in places that you might not expect. Take 生きている '(she's) alive.' vs. 生きてはいる '(she's) alive (but not well).'. | | | Amatuka | P.S. How's the Hero / Villain / Hostage example? | | | Kana-chan | Very helpful :) | | | khyron | In your comment, you said "私は肉を食べない。'I don't eat fish'”, but obviously you meant to say 'I don't eat meat'. I also liked the hostage example! :-) | | |
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