kono machi ni wa iryou ga hitsuyou desu.

topic particle

Breakdown of kono machi ni wa iryou ga hitsuyou desu.

• です: to be
• が: subject particle
• この: this

Questions & Answers about kono machi ni wa iryou ga hitsuyou desu.

Why are there spaces between the words? Japanese normally doesn’t use spaces, right?

Yes, that’s right. Normal Japanese writing would usually be:

この町には医療が必要です。

The spaces here are just for learners, to make the parts easier to see:

• この = this
• 町 = town
• に は = in/as for
• 医療 = medical care, healthcare
• が = subject marker
• 必要 = necessary / needed
• です = polite ending

So the spaces are a study aid, not standard Japanese punctuation.

What does この町 mean exactly?

この町 means this town.

• この = this
• 町 = town

A useful pattern is:

• この + noun = this + noun
• その + noun = that + noun
• あの + noun = that + noun over there

So:

• この町 = this town
• その町 = that town
• あの町 = that town over there

Why does the sentence have both に and は after 町?