Learn Hardcore Japanese: haha ha asa no nyuusu wo razio de kikinagara asagohan wo tukurimasu - My mother makes breakfast while listening to the morning news on the radio.

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母はは　は　朝あさ　の　ニュース　を　ラジオ　で　聞ききながら　朝あさご飯はん　を　作つくりますhaha wa asa no nyuusu o rajio de kikinagara asagohan o tsukurimasu

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My mother makes breakfast while listening to the morning news on the radio.

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Breakdown of haha wa asa no nyuusu o rajio de kikinagara asagohan o tsukurimasu

Why is は used after 母?

は marks 母 as the topic of the sentence: As for my mother, ...

So 母は sets up who we are talking about, and the rest of the sentence tells us what she does.

In Japanese, the topic is often something already known in the conversation, so 母は sounds very natural here.

Why is it 母 and not 母さん or お母さん?

When Japanese speakers talk about their own mother to someone else, they often use 母 in a neutral, somewhat formal way.

母 = my mother
お母さん / 母さん = mom / mother, often used when addressing her directly or referring to someone else’s mother more politely

So in a plain example sentence, 母 is very common.

Does 母 here mean my mother or just mother in general?

In a sentence like this, 母 normally means my mother.

Japanese often leaves out words like my when the meaning is obvious from context. So instead of saying 私の母, Japanese often just says 母.

What does 朝のニュース mean grammatically?