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A: Marks a Topic
(Does not play a direct grammatical role in sentence)
- Indicates what is being talked about
- Used when sentence makes sense even without the topic
- Indicates the topic (what comes before it)
- Places emphasis/importance on what comes after it
ex: -> As for today, it is hot)
ex: - I am Grant
B: Contrasting elements
- DO AFTER LEARNING OTHERS
A: Indicates a Subject
(The thing doing the action/verb)
- Indicates what is being talked about
- Used when subject is necessary for context
- Indicates the subject (what comes before it)
- Places emphasis/importance on what comes before it
ex: -> I want to drink coffee
ex: -> I am Grant
A: Indicates Possession
- Shows who/what owns who/what
ex: -> My shark
B: Sentence-ender
- Used by woman and children
- Indicates an assumed common interest or gives an explanatory feeling
- Can be used when explaining something
ex: Why are you eating? Because Im hungry
- Can be used when asking for an explanation
ex: Why are you eating?
- Can be used to indicates assumed common interest
ex: Tom is really terrible, you know?
A: Indicates Location
- Shows where something is happening
ex: -> I played tennis at the park
B: Using X to do Y
- Indicates using something to do something else
ex: -> Drive the nail in with a hammer
C: Because of
- Indicates why something happened
ex: -> Because of the snow, I was late for school
D: Time Taken / End Time
- Indicates when something stops, or the time an activity has taken
ex: -> I think I will finish it in 3 hours
ex: -> My daughter started talking at the age of 2
A: A complete/exhaustive list
- Separates items in a complete list
- Functions similar to and
ex: -> Cats and dogs are cute
B: Doing something with someone or something
- Separates items in a complete list
- Functions similar to and
ex: -> I talked with my parents
C: A quotation or sound
- Marks a quotation or sound
-> Koichi said, Ill be there by 3:30
A: Question indicator
- Indicates a question when at the end of a sentence
- Can be seen with/without question marks after
ex: -> Is that true?
B: Indicates Alternative Option
- Behaves like english or
A: Until
- Indicates a spatial or temporal limit
- Can be time related such as Until 5PM or Until March
ex: -> I will work until 9pm..
- Can be quaint related such as amount of money, food, etc
ex: -> People with numbers 1-12 please come in