kansen wa shinkoku desu.

topic particle

Breakdown of kansen wa shinkoku desu.

• です: to be
• 深刻しんこく: serious
• 感染かんせん: an infection

Questions & Answers about kansen wa shinkoku desu.

How do you read 感染 は 深刻 です?

It is read:

かんせん は しんこく です
Romanization: kansen wa shinkoku desu

A useful detail: the particle は is written ha but pronounced wa when it marks the topic.

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What does は do in this sentence?

は is the topic marker. It tells you what the sentence is about.

So 感染は means something like:

• as for infection
• regarding infection
• infection, ...

The sentence structure is basically:

[topic] は [comment] です

So here:

• 感染 = infection
• は = topic marker
• 深刻です = is serious

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Why is は pronounced wa instead of ha?