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The hiragana character か (ka) with a dakuten (゛).
- IPA(key): [ŋa̠] (morpheme-medial alternative pronunciation)
が • (ga)
- The hiragana syllable が (ga). Its equivalent in katakana is ガ (ga).
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
From Proto-Japonic *-nka. Compare Korean 가 (-ga) (possibly borrowed from Japanese into Korean).[1]
が • (ga)
- Indicates the subject of a sentence.
- 猫が餌を食べた。
- Neko ga esa o tabeta.
- The cat [is the thing that] ate the cat food.
- 犬がいる。
- Inu ga iru.
- There is a dog.
- 木がある。
- Ki ga aru.
- There is a tree.
2012, “空想少女への恋手紙 [Love Letters to an Imaginary Girl]”, まらしぃ (Marasy) (lyrics)[1]:
- 宛先が君のラブレターは どこに出せば届くのかな
- atesaki ga kimi no rabu retā wa doko ni daseba todoku no ka na
- The love letter whose destination is you, where should I post it that it may reach you?
- (formal) conjunction; "but"
- Synonym: けれども (keredomo)
- 犬は好きだが、猫は嫌いだ。
- Inu wa suki da ga, neko wa kirai da.
- I like dogs but I hate cats.
- (formal) Used to introduce a new topic into the discussion.
- Synonym: けれども (keredomo)
- 先日の件ですが、 […]
- senjitsu no ken desu ga, […]
- About that thing from yesterday; […]
- (literary or Kagoshima) possessive used to connect nouns, most often seen in place names as ヶ.
- 我々が心
- wareware ga kokoro
- our [collective] heart
- 富士見ヶ丘
- Fujimigaoka
- Fuji View Hill
- 関ヶ原
- Sekigahara
- Gateway Plains (site of the Battle of Sekigahara)
- おやっが
- oyagga
- father's (Kagoshima dialect)
- あにょが
- anyoga
- brother's (Kagoshima dialect)
- Used after interjected nouns to express contempt.
- このくそが!
- Kono kuso ga!
- You piece of shit!
- Words that continue to be used with the literary possessive today include まま (mama) and ため (tame).
- 言われるがまま ― iwareru ga mama ― (doing) as one is told
- 君がために ― kimi ga tame ni ― for you
- (literary possessive): ヶ (ga)
For pronunciation and definitions of が – see the following entries.
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【駕】J
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- [noun] vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
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- [noun] a moth (insect similar to a butterfly)
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(This term, が (ga), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as が, see Category:Japanese kanji read as が.)
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(The following entries are uncreated: 賀, 峨, 衙.)
- ^ 鄭光, 主格 ‘가’의 發達에 대하여: 近代國語資料의 解釋을 中心으로, 우리문화,
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From Proto-Ryukyuan *ga, from Proto-Japonic *-nka (“nominative and genitive case marker”). Cognate with Japanese が (ga).
が (ga)
- genitive case marker
- Indicates possession: of, -'s
- 彼が書物
- ari-ga shimuchi
- His book
- nominative case marker
- Indicates the subject of a sentence.
- 彼が来ゃん。
- Ari-ga chan.
- He came.
- 学生が毎日学校んかい行ちゃびーん。
- Gakusō-ga mēnachi gakkō-nkai ichabīn.
- The students go to school every day.
- particle indicating purpose/intent; for; to
- 魚取いが行ちゅん。
- Iyu tui-ga ichun.
- I will go (to) catch a fish.
- が (ga) is used for personal names or pronouns, ぬ (nu) is used otherwise. See *ga for details.
- Historically, after an original Proto-Ryukyuan */i/, ga palatalizes to gya, as seen in the Omoro Sōshi.
Cognate with Japanese か (ka).
が (ga)
- final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark ("?"). Appear only in wh-questions,but followed by やー can be used in other interrogations.
- 今日や何さびたが?
- Chū-ya nū sabitaga?
- What did you do today?
- “が” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
- “が” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
- “ガ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).