Breakdown of ryoushin wa tamani kenka o suru keredo, sugu nakanaorishimasu.
はwa
topic particle
両親ryoushin
parents
けれどkeredo
but
すぐsugu
immediately
Questions & Answers about ryoushin wa tamani kenka o suru keredo, sugu nakanaorishimasu.
Why is は used after 両親? Is 両親 the subject?
は marks the topic, not strictly the grammatical subject.
- 両親は… = “As for (my) parents, …” / “My parents …”
- In English we usually just say “My parents” as the subject, but in Japanese it’s more like “speaking of my parents, they sometimes fight, but they quickly make up.”
Also, 両親 almost always means “my parents” in conversation when you’re talking about your own family, even though 私の is not explicitly said. Context supplies “my.”
What exactly does たまに mean? How is it different from ときどき?
Both are frequency adverbs, but the nuance differs:
- たまに ≈ “once in a while”, “occasionally”
- Implies it doesn’t happen very often.
- ときどき ≈ “sometimes”, “from time to time”
- Suggests it happens a bit more regularly than たまに.
So たまにけんかをする feels lighter/rarer than ときどきけんかをする.
What does けんかをする literally mean, and why is を there?
