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Manuelcheng
13 mar 2016

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What is the difference between を and が?

Sometimes both of them may be put at the same place. For examples:

私は君を好きです。
私は君が好きです。

It seems が sticked to the object, but sometimes が sticked to the subject. For example:

あの犬が走ている。

So how can I differentiate が and を?
And how can I recognise the word before が is subject or object?

Thanks guys.

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Utente eliminato
13 mar 2016

I think the misunderstanding that you have is because you're thinking about the Japanese words as if they had the same function as the equivalent words in Chinese or English.

私は君を好きです is incorrect, firstly.

Secondly, 好き is acting as an adjective (it is actually a form of a verb), so it is describing 君. It is not acting as a verb, like "like" or "喜歡". 君 is not an object, but a subject (as indicated by が). は introduces a topic, not a subject. So, you can think of 私は君が好きです as meaning "As for me, you are likeable."

私は = as for me (I am the topic of this sentence)
君が = you (as a subject)
好き = likeable
です = are (not really, but it helps to think of it in this way)

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belthazar
14 mar 2016

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好き IS an adjective. It would be a verb in English, but in Japanese it's an adjective. A な-adjective, to be precise, which (if you wanted to call it something else) would best be described as a noun.

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Utente eliminato
14 mar 2016

@belthazar All I meant when I said that it actually comes from a verb is that its etymology is as a conjugation of the verb 好く. That is where the adjective originates.

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Utente eliminato
14 mar 2016

@Manuelcheng That article explains that を好き is only used colloquially by those who speak a kind of new Tokyo dialect, but it gives the impression of being careless and ignorant. It is better to use the standard が好き in speech, because it's grammatically correct and is understood countrywide. When writing, it is imperative to use the standard が好き, for obvious reasons.

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Manuelcheng
14 mar 2016

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どうも。
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Manuelcheng
15 mar 2016

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For a further question, can I say:

私は牛肉がおいしいです。

*As for me, beef is delicious.

Is it correct to use 私は initially to introduce my view?
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Utente eliminato
15 mar 2016

@Manuelcheng I can't say for certain, but I don't think it's correct. I would suggest either:

1. 私には牛肉が美味しいです。
2. 私は牛肉が美味しいと思います。

But you'd best ask native Japanese speakers for a perfect, more certain response about what is natural.

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What is the difference between を and が? Sometimes both of them may be put at the same place. For examples: 私は君を好きです。 私は君が好きです。 It seems が sticked to the object, but sometimes が sticked to the subject. For example: あの犬が走ている。 So how can I differentiate が and を? And how can I recognise the word before が is subject or object? Thanks guys.
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