Questions & Answers about watashi wa nihongo ga daisuki desu.
It’s pronounced:
わたしは にほんごが だいすきです。
In romaji:
watashi wa nihongo ga daisuki desu
- 私 → わたし → watashi
- は (topic particle) → wa
- 日本語 → にほんご → nihongo
- が → ga
- 大好き → だいすき → daisuki
- です → usually said des (the u is very weak or silent in normal speech)
The character は is normally read ha, but when it is used as the topic particle, it is pronounced wa.
So:
- As part of a word:
花 → はな → hana (flower) - As the topic marker:
私は → watashi wa
This is just a special rule of Japanese spelling vs pronunciation.
In 私は日本語が大好きです, は is the topic marker, not the grammatical subject marker.
