Choose は・が・に・で・を from the sentence
Identify the topic, focused subject, location of existence, location of an action and object in complete sentences.
First find the predicate: does the sentence describe existence, an action or movement? Then decide what role each phrase plays. A place word alone does not tell you which particle to use.
Compare 図書館にいます with 図書館で勉強します. For は and が, read the surrounding question or contrast instead of assuming that one translation always identifies the right particle.
Topic and focused information
は establishes what the sentence is about. が can identify the answer to a who-question. Read the context before choosing.
だれが来ましたか。田中さんが来ました。
Who came? Tanaka came.
Practise this unit →Existence and action locations
Use に for where someone exists and で for where an activity happens. A location alone does not determine the particle.
図書館で勉強します。
I study at the library.
Practise this unit →Mark an object with wo
For these transitive actions, を marks what you read, eat or drink. The written particle を is usually pronounced o.
新聞を読みます。
I read a newspaper.
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