Word
朝 は まだ ぼんやりして いる ので、 コーヒー を 飲みます。asa wa mada bonyarishite iru node, koohii o nomimasu.
Meaning
In the morning, I’m still groggy, so I drink coffee.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of asa wa mada bonyarishite iru node, koohii o nomimasu.
はwa
topic particle
をo
direct object particle
飲むnomu
to drink
朝asa
morning
Questions & Answers about asa wa mada bonyarishite iru node, koohii o nomimasu.
Why are there spaces between the words? Is Japanese normally written like this?
No. Normal Japanese is usually written without spaces:
朝はまだぼんやりしているので、コーヒーを飲みます。
The spaces here are just for learners, to make the parts of the sentence easier to see.
What does 朝は mean here, and why is it は instead of に?
朝 means morning.
Here, は marks 朝 as the topic or time frame, so 朝は means something like:
- As for the morning, ...
- In the morning, ...
- Mornings, ...
Using は gives a slight sense of setting the scene or contrasting that time with other times.
朝に is possible in some situations, but with general time expressions like morning, today, tomorrow, summer, etc., Japanese often does not need に. In this sentence, 朝は sounds very natural.
What does まだ mean here?
