WORD ORDER
Usually, the subject is placed at the beginning, and the verb at the end of the sentence.
わたし は にほんご が わかります。
Watashi wa nihongo ga wakarimasu.
I understand Japanese.
The subject (Sometimes the object too) of the sentence is usually omitted when it can be clearly known from the context.
あなた は えいご が わかりますか？
Anata wa eigo ga wakarimasuka?
Do you understand English?
◼️ Particles
は wa topic marker
が Ga subject marker
を wo (pronounced "o") direct object marker
に ni Direction marker, time marker, indirect object marker.
The particles " wa " は and " Ga " ( が ): The particle " wa " marks the subject of the sentence. In the example, " I know where you live" (watashi wa anata ga doko ni sunde iru ka shitte iru), "I" would be the topic while "you" would be the subject. Not all sentences have both a topic and subject and ib many cases, the topic is implied in japanese (for example, the "I" (watashi wa) would be left out of this sentence because it is implied that since I am talking I am the one that knows where you live). Many japanese books and teachers teach that "wa" and "ga" are the same thing and it doesn't matter which yoo use when. This is not the case but I wouldn't worry too much about keeping them straight at first.
