Structure
Verb + が
［い］Adjective + が
［な］Adjective + だ + が
Noun + だ + が
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Part of Speech
Particle
Word Type
Conjunctive Particle
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About が
As a particle, が has several different uses in Japanese. However, each of these different uses share a common theme. That theme expresses 'highlighting (A) as important, (B)'. In this use, が comes across as 'but', or 'however' in English.
This nuance of が is used directly after any form of verb or い-Adjective, but requires one of the conjugations of だ or です before it when used with a noun or な-Adjective.
From these examples, we can see that が is simply highlighting that 'while (A) is important, there is extra information'. が with the meaning of 'but' is considered to be very formal, this is due to it sounding quite direct in asserting that there is extra information.
Caution
Sometimes a statement will end with が. In these cases it just means that more information exists, but it is obvious, so it does not need to be said.
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まあ、綺麗ですが。Well, it is pretty, but… (I still don't like it)
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早いですが、起きます。
It is early, but I will wake up.
難しいですが、頑張ります。
It is difficult, but I will do my best.
寒いですが、外へ行きます。
It's cold, but I will go outside.
ロイさんの携帯は古いですが、速いです。
Roy's cellphone is old, but it is fast.
綺麗ですが、危ないです。
It is beautiful but dangerous.
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が – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (10 in total)
cjulian
Regarding the following example sentence, for some reason, my brain wants to say 面白いですが instead of 面白いが. Is this just a bad habit I’ve developed or would it be fine to do so here?
日本語は面白いが 、難しいです。
nekoyama
I think it’s even better that way. Politeness should be the same on both sides of が.
cjulian
Thank you for that! That makes plenty of sense to me.
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