kanojo wa yuushuuna isha desu.

topic particle

Breakdown of kanojo wa yuushuuna isha desu.

• です: to be
• 医者いしゃ: doctor
• 彼女かのじょ: she

Questions & Answers about kanojo wa yuushuuna isha desu.

Why is は pronounced wa here instead of ha?

In modern Japanese, the particle は is written with the hiragana ha but pronounced wa when it marks the topic of the sentence.

So in:

彼女は優秀な医者です。

you say:

kanojo wa yūshū na isha desu

But when は is part of a word, it is usually pronounced ha.

What does は do in this sentence?

は marks the topic of the sentence.

Here, 彼女は means as for her or speaking of her.

The sentence structure is basically:

• 彼女は = as for her
• 優秀な医者です = is an excellent doctor

So は does not directly mean is. It tells you what the sentence is about.

Why is there no word for a or an before doctor?