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02-24-2010, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jesselt View Post
I was also thinking about it and decided that having 私は a lot helps learners learn when/when not to use the particle は. When you state 私は to start it helps remind you that I am the subject so you don't end up saying things like 犬は好きです when you mean to say 私好きです。
Technically 私 is the topic there and 犬 is the subject. は is the topic marker and が is the subject marker. It's just that in English, "I" is the subject of the most natural equivalent.

Technically, the Japanese sentence says "As for me, dogs are liked." In this sentence, "dogs" is the subject of the sentence.
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