Learn Hardcore Japanese: syuumatu ha sooseezi wo huraipan de yaite, pan to issyo ni tabemasu. - On weekends, I fry sausages in a pan and eat them with bread.

Word

週末しゅうまつ　は　ソーセージ　を　フライパン　で　焼やいて、　パン　と　一緒いっしょ　に　食たべます。shuumatsu wa sooseeji o furaipan de yaite, pan to issho ni tabemasu.

Meaning

On weekends, I fry sausages in a pan and eat them with bread.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Lesson 60

Breakdown of shuumatsu wa sooseeji o furaipan de yaite, pan to issho ni tabemasu.

はwa

topic particle

をo

direct object particle

Questions & Answers about shuumatsu wa sooseeji o furaipan de yaite, pan to issho ni tabemasu.

Why is は used after 週末?

は marks 週末 as the topic or time frame of the sentence.

So 週末は means something like:

as for weekends
on weekends

It sets the scene for what usually happens at that time.

Why isn’t there a に after 週末?

With many time expressions, に is often omitted, especially when the time word is broad or familiar, like:

今日
明日
週末
去年

So 週末は is very natural.

You can sometimes hear 週末に, but 週末は here sounds more like speaking of weekends / on weekends, I..., which fits a habitual statement well.

Does 週末 mean weekend or weekends?

Japanese nouns usually do not show singular vs. plural the way English does.

So 週末 could mean:

the weekend
weekends

In this sentence, because it sounds like a regular habit, English would usually translate it as on weekends.

Why is there no subject like I in the sentence?