fuyu wa karada ga hieru node, atatakai ocha o nomimasu.

topic particle

Breakdown of fuyu wa karada ga hieru node, atatakai ocha o nomimasu.

• を: direct object particle
• 飲のむ: to drink
• が: subject particle

Questions & Answers about fuyu wa karada ga hieru node, atatakai ocha o nomimasu.

Why is 冬 marked with は?

は marks 冬 as the topic: as for winter or in winter.

So 冬は does not mean winter is doing an action. It sets the scene for the rest of the sentence. In natural English, this often becomes in winter.

• 冬は = as for winter / in winter
• then the speaker says what is true in that context

This is very common with time words and seasons:

• 夏は暑いです。 = In summer, it’s hot.
• 朝はコーヒーを飲みます。 = In the morning, I drink coffee.

Why is it 体が and not 体は?

Here, が marks 体 as the thing that experiences the change described by 冷える.

• 体が冷える = the body gets cold

Using が is very natural because 冷える is describing what happens to the body.

If you said 体は, it would sound more contrastive or like you are specifically making the body the topic:

• 体は冷えるが、手は冷えない。 = My body gets cold, but my hands do not.

So in this sentence:

• 冬は = topic/setting
• 体が = subject of 冷える