Questions & Answers about sono keeki wa mou shinagire nandesu.
その means that and refers to something near the listener or something already mentioned in the conversation.
So その ケーキ means that cake.
This is part of the こ・そ・あ・ど series:
- この = this
- その = that
- あの = that over there
In this sentence, the speaker is talking about a specific cake the listener can identify.
The particle は marks ケーキ as the topic of the sentence.
So the sentence is structured like:
- As for that cake, it is already sold out.
Using は gives a sense of regarding that cake...
If you used が, it would sound more like you are identifying the cake itself as the thing that is sold out, rather than setting it up as the topic. In many situations, は is the natural choice here because the cake is already known in the conversation.
もう here means already.
So もう 品切れ means already sold out.
It often shows that something has happened sooner than expected or that the state is now complete.
