haha wa asagohan ni misoshiru o dashimasu.

My mother serves miso soup for breakfast.

Breakdown of haha wa asagohan ni misoshiru o dashimasu.

• は: topic particle
• を: direct object particle
• に: time particle
• 母はは: mother

Questions & Answers about haha wa asagohan ni misoshiru o dashimasu.

Why is 母 used here instead of お母さん?

In Japanese, you usually use 母 when talking about your own mother to someone else. It is a humble/plain family term.

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

So in this sentence, 母 is the natural choice because the speaker is talking about their own mother.

What does the particle は do in this sentence?

は marks 母 as the topic of the sentence.

So 母は means something like:

• As for my mother, ...
• My mother, ...

It tells you what the sentence is about. In English, we often just say My mother serves miso soup for breakfast, but Japanese often separates the topic from the rest of the information.

Why is は written ha but pronounced wa here?