Breakdown of deetashiyouryou ga sukunai.
がga
subject particle
少ないsukunai
little
データ使用量deetashiyouryou
data usage
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Questions & Answers about deetashiyouryou ga sukunai.
How is データ使用量 が 少ない broken down word by word?
- データ = data
- 使用量 = amount used, usage amount
- 使用 = use / usage
- 量 = quantity / amount
- が = subject marker
- 少ない = is little / is small in amount / is low
So the structure is basically:
データ使用量 + が + 少ない
= The data usage is low / There is little data usage
A very literal translation would be As for the amount of data used, it is small.
How do you read 使用量?
It is read しようりょう.
So the full sentence is:
データ使用量が少ない。
データしようりょうがすくない。
A pitch-accent explanation usually is not necessary at this stage, but it is useful to get comfortable saying it as one chunk:
データ使用量 = データしようりょう
Why is が used here instead of は?