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来週 は 会議 が 多い から、 なるべく 早く 仕事 を 終わらせたい。raishuu wa kaigi ga ooi kara, narubeku hayaku shigoto o owarasetai.
Meaning
Next week I have many meetings, so I want to finish work as early as possible.
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Breakdown of raishuu wa kaigi ga ooi kara, narubeku hayaku shigoto o owarasetai.
はwa
topic particle
をo
direct object particle
がga
subject particle
仕事shigoto
work
Questions & Answers about raishuu wa kaigi ga ooi kara, narubeku hayaku shigoto o owarasetai.
Why is は used after 来週?
は marks the topic. 来週は sets “as for next week” as the context, often with a slight contrastive feel (compared to other weeks). You could also say 来週、会議が多い (just using a time adverb), but 来週は makes “next week” the thing you’re talking about.
Relative time words like 来週/今日/明日 usually don’t take に; say 来週会議があります, not ✕来週に会議があります (except in special emphatic or formal scheduling contexts).
Why is 会議 marked with が here and not は or を?
With adjectives of quantity/frequency like 多い/少ない, the typical pattern is Nが多い/少ない. So 会議が多い means “(there) are many meetings.”
- 会議は多い is possible when contrasting (e.g., “Meetings are many, but …”).
- 会議を多い is ungrammatical because 多い is an adjective, not a verb that can take を.
Can I say 多い会議 to mean “many meetings”?
Generally no. 多い doesn’t directly modify a noun in the simple “many X” sense. Use one of these:
- 会議が多い
- 会議がたくさんある
- 多くの会議 (more formal/written)
What does から do here?
