Breakdown of akaunto ga teishisaremashita.
がga
subject particle
アカウントakaunto
account
停止するteishisuru
to stop; be suspended
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Questions & Answers about akaunto ga teishisaremashita.
What does アカウント mean, and why is it written in katakana?
アカウント means account. It is a loanword from English, so it is written in katakana, which is the script Japanese usually uses for foreign words.
The pronunciation is roughly akaunto.
This is very common in computer, app, and website language:
- アカウント = account
- パスワード = password
- ログイン = login
Why is the particle が used here?
が marks the grammatical subject of the sentence.
In アカウントが停止されました, the account is the thing being described as having undergone the action of suspension.
A natural literal breakdown is:
- アカウント = account
- が = subject marker
- 停止されました = was suspended / has been suspended
So the sentence is structured like The account was suspended.
In English, learners often expect を, but を would mark the direct object of an active sentence. Here, the sentence is passive, so the affected thing is marked with が.
What exactly is 停止されました grammatically?