houmonbi wa getsuyou desu.

topic particle

Breakdown of houmonbi wa getsuyou desu.

• です: to be
• 月曜げつよう: Monday
• 訪問日ほうもんび: a service visit date

Questions & Answers about houmonbi wa getsuyou desu.

How do you read 訪問日 は 月曜 です?

It is read:

ほうもんび は げつよう です。
Romanization: hōmonbi wa getsuyō desu

A few pronunciation notes:

• 訪問日 = ほうもんび
• The particle は is pronounced wa here, not ha
• 月曜 = げつよう
• です is often pronounced something like des in natural speech

Why is は pronounced wa instead of ha?

Because when は is used as the topic particle, it is pronounced wa.

So in this sentence:

• 訪問日 = topic
• は = topic marker, pronounced wa
• 月曜です = what is being said about the topic

This is one of the first big spelling-vs-pronunciation points in Japanese:

• は as a normal syllable = ha
• は as a particle = wa

What does 訪問日 mean exactly?