tsukue wa shorui darake desu.

topic particle

Breakdown of tsukue wa shorui darake desu.

• です: to be
• 書類しょるい: document
• 机つくえ: desk

Questions & Answers about tsukue wa shorui darake desu.

What does だらけ mean in this sentence?

だらけ means covered with, full of, or loaded with something.

So 書類だらけ means covered in documents or full of documents.

In 机は書類だらけです, the idea is that the desk has documents all over it.

A very literal breakdown would be:

• 机 = desk
• は = topic marker
• 書類だらけ = covered with documents / full of documents
• です = polite copula, like is

So the whole sentence is basically: As for the desk, it’s covered with documents.

Why is there no particle between 書類 and だらけ?

Because だらけ attaches directly to a noun.

So you say:

• 書類だらけ = full of documents
• ほこりだらけ = covered in dust
• 間違いだらけ = full of mistakes

You do not normally put の, が, or another particle between the noun and だらけ.

Think of だらけ as a suffix-like grammar pattern that combines with a noun to make one expression.

Why is は used after 机?