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その 店 で は、 茶色い パン より 黄色い ケーキ の ほう が 人気 です。sono mise de wa, chairoi pan yori kiiroi keeki no hou ga ninki desu.
Meaning
At that shop, yellow cakes are more popular than brown bread.
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Breakdown of sono mise de wa, chairoi pan yori kiiroi keeki no hou ga ninki desu.
はwa
topic particle
ですdesu
to be
がga
subject particle
のno
possessive case particle
Questions & Answers about sono mise de wa, chairoi pan yori kiiroi keeki no hou ga ninki desu.
Why are there spaces between the words here? Does Japanese normally write like this?
No. Normal Japanese is usually written without spaces:
その店では、茶色いパンより黄色いケーキのほうが人気です。
The spaces in your sentence are just a learning aid to make the parts easier to see. Native Japanese writing does not normally separate words the way English does.
Why is it その店では instead of just その店で?
では is で + は.
- で marks the place where something applies or happens.
- は makes that place the topic or frame of the sentence.
So その店では means something like:
- at that store
- as for that store
- in that store, specifically
Using は gives it a topical or slightly contrastive feeling, as if you are talking about that store in particular.
How does the pattern Aより Bのほうが Cです work?
