Breakdown of gyoumu wa muzukashii desu.
はwa
topic particle
ですdesu
to be
難しいmuzukashii
difficult
業務gyoumu
work duties
Questions & Answers about gyoumu wa muzukashii desu.
Why is は used in 業務は難しいです?
は marks 業務 as the topic of the sentence.
So the sentence is structured like:
- 業務 = duties / work tasks / operations
- は = as for...
- 難しいです = is difficult
A natural way to think of it is:
- As for the work duties, they are difficult.
In English, we often just say The work is difficult, but Japanese often organizes sentences by topic first.
Why is it 難しいです and not 難しいだです or 難しいなです?
難しい is an i-adjective.
For i-adjectives, you can attach です directly for politeness:
- 難しい = difficult
- 難しいです = difficult (polite)
You do not use な with an i-adjective, and だです is incorrect.
Compare:
- 静かです = quiet (because 静か is a na-adjective)
- 難しいです = difficult (because 難しい is an i-adjective)
So 難しいです is the correct polite form.
Can I say 業務が難しいです instead of ?
