Breakdown of ichigo to mikan wa hiyasu to motto oishii desu.
はwa
topic particle
ですdesu
to be
とto
noun-connector particle
おいしいoishii
delicious
Questions & Answers about ichigo to mikan wa hiyasu to motto oishii desu.
Why are there two と in this sentence?
They are doing two different jobs.
- いちご と みかん: here と means and.
- 冷やす と: here と marks a conditional/result relationship, often translated as when, if, or once.
So:
- いちご と みかん = strawberries and oranges/mandarins
- 冷やす と = when you chill them / if you chill them
Japanese often reuses the same sound/word for different grammar functions, so this is very normal.
Why is は used after いちご と みかん?
は marks the topic of the sentence.
So いちご と みかん は means:
- As for strawberries and mandarins...
- Strawberries and mandarins, ...
The speaker is introducing those fruits as the topic, and then saying something about them.
Even though there are two nouns, they are joined into one topic:
- いちご と みかん = one combined noun phrase
- は = marks that whole phrase as the topic
Why is it 冷やす and not 冷やして, 冷やしたら, or 冷やすとき?
