Breakdown of mise wa shimatte imasu. tsumari, hairemasen.
はwa
topic particle
いるiru
to exist (animate)
入るhairu
to enter
店mise
shop
Questions & Answers about mise wa shimatte imasu. tsumari, hairemasen.
How do you read 店 here?
It is read みせ.
So the sentence begins:
- 店は = みせ は
A native English speaker may also know 店 from compound words where it can be read てん, but when it means shop/store by itself, みせ is the normal reading.
Why is は used after 店 instead of が?
は marks 店 as the topic of the sentence: as for the store, it is closed.
So:
- 店は閉まっています。 = As for the store, it is closed.
If you used が instead:
- 店が閉まっています。
that would sound more like identifying the thing that is closed, or presenting it as new information.
In many everyday situations, は sounds very natural because the store is already the thing being talked about.
What does 閉まっています mean exactly?
