このさかなはおいしいです。
- This fish is delicious.
This Japanese sentence "このさかなはおいしいです。" means "This fish is delicious." in English. It is an N5 Low-level example sentence.
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このさかなはおいしいです。 meaning: This fish is delicious.
⚫︎ The basic Japanese sentence structure often follows a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order, but it can be flexible. This sentence uses the subject-topic-predicate structure, which is common. ⚫︎ The structure is: Topic + は + (Subject) + Object + が + Predicate. ⚫︎ In this sentence: このさかな is the topic, marked by the particle は, and おいしいです is the predicate (the description). ⚫︎ The topic indicates what the sentence is about.
⚫︎ は (wa) is a topic marker. ⚫︎ It indicates the topic of the sentence, what you are talking about. ⚫︎ It replaces the particle が when used with the subject of the sentence. ⚫︎ In this sentence, このさかな is the topic, so は marks it.
⚫︎ おいしい (oishii) means "delicious." It is an い-adjective. ⚫︎ い-adjectives directly modify nouns. ⚫︎ い-adjectives conjugate in polite form by changing the final い to です (desu). ⚫︎ The dictionary form of おいしい is おいしい. ⚫︎ The polite form is おいしいです.
⚫︎ の (no) is a particle that indicates possession or a relationship between nouns. ⚫︎ In this sentence, この (kono) modifies さかな, meaning "this fish." ⚫︎ This sentence does not directly use の, but it's crucial to understand for basic sentence structure.
⚫︎ です (desu) is a polite copula (linking verb). ⚫︎ It makes the sentence polite and suitable for most situations. ⚫︎ It is added to the end of sentences with nouns, adjectival nouns, or い-adjectives to show respect to the listener. ⚫︎ In this case, おいしい (delicious) is made polite by adding です, forming おいしいです.