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今日 は スーパー で ヨーグルト が 特売 だった ので、 たくさん 買いました。kyou wa suupaa de yooguruto ga tokubai datta node, takusan kaimashita.
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Today yogurt was on sale at the supermarket, so I bought a lot.
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Breakdown of kyou wa suupaa de yooguruto ga tokubai datta node, takusan kaimashita.
はwa
topic particle
今日kyou
today
がga
subject particle
でde
location particle
Questions & Answers about kyou wa suupaa de yooguruto ga tokubai datta node, takusan kaimashita.
Why is 今日 followed by は?
は marks 今日 as the topic or time frame of the sentence: as for today.
It helps set the scene before the speaker says what happened. In English, we often just say Today, ... at the start of a sentence. Japanese often uses は for that kind of setup.
You could sometimes just say 今日 without は, especially in casual speech, but 今日は sounds more complete and natural here.
Why is it スーパーで and not スーパーに?
で marks the place where something happens.
Here, the supermarket is the place where the yogurt was on special sale and where the buying happened, so で is the natural particle.
に is more often used for:
- destinations
- existence
- points in time
- things you move toward
So スーパーに would not fit this sentence as well.
Why is it ヨーグルトが instead of ヨーグルトを?
