Breakdown of konya wa jimaku nashi de eiga o mite mitai desu.
はwa
topic particle
ですdesu
to be
をo
direct object particle
映画eiga
movie
Questions & Answers about konya wa jimaku nashi de eiga o mite mitai desu.
What is the role of は after 今夜, and could I use に instead (今夜に)?
今夜 (こんや) means “tonight.”
- 今夜は: here は is the topic marker – “As for tonight…” / “Tonight, …”
- We are not marking time of an event so much as saying “speaking about tonight, this is what I want to do.”
Using に:
- 今夜に映画を見ます is grammatically possible but sounds odd or forced. For specific times, に is often dropped anyway:
- 明日映画を見ます。 “I’ll watch a movie tomorrow.”
- 今夜映画を見ます。 “I’ll watch a movie tonight.”
In this sentence, 今夜は is natural because it sets tonight as the topic of the whole statement.
What does 字幕なしで literally mean, and how is it different from 字幕ないで?
