Word
猫 が 爪とぎ を 使う。neko ga tsumetogi o tsukau.
Meaning
The cat uses the scratching post.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of neko ga tsumetogi o tsukau.
猫neko
cat
をo
direct object particle
がga
subject particle
使うtsukau
to use
Questions & Answers about neko ga tsumetogi o tsukau.
How is this sentence read?
It is read:
ねこ が つめとぎ を つかう。
Neko ga tsumetogi o tsukau.
A small pronunciation note:
- を is usually pronounced o in modern Japanese, even though it is written を.
What do が and を mean here?
These are particles, and they show the role of each noun in the sentence.
- 猫が = the cat / a cat / cats as the subject
- 爪とぎを = the scratching post / scratching pad as the object
- 使う = use
So:
- が marks who or what is doing the action.
- を marks what the action is being done to.
In this sentence, the cat is doing the using, and the scratching post is the thing being used.
Why is 猫 followed by が instead of は?
