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ラリペン
Level: 92

Hi guys!

Apart from Renshuu, I'm doing the free Marugoto course from Japan Foundation and I've seen something weird (for me at least):

わたしはパンはあまりたべません。

シンさんはこうちゃはあまりのみません。

Is it possible to have two は particles in the same sentence? I thought only one was possible :/

Thanks in advance.

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9 months ago
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は , as the particle indicator, can appear multiple times in a sentence, though it is not all that usual. I think of these sentences as:

- As for me, I don't eat bread all that much. (Both I and bread are topics.)

- As for しん-san, he/she doesn't drink black-tea all that much. (Both しん-san and black-tea are topics.)

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ラリペン
Level: 92

は , as the particle indicator, can appear multiple times in a sentence, though it is not all that usual. I think of these sentences as:

- As for me, I don't eat bread all that much. (Both I and bread are topics.)

- As for しん-san, he/she doesn't drink black-tea all that much. (Both しん-san and black-tea are topics.)


Thanks a lot! Next time when I find anything like that, I know it's not some kind of typo 🫡

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☆ユリア☆
Level: 36

I would not recommend to use particle は twice like in those sentences. My japanese teacher told me this can come as a grammar mistake if used wrong, so its better to use を instead, はパンをあまらりべません sounds better and is more common.

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リリンド
Level: 221

は can be used when contrasting two things, and as a replacement for を in a negative sentence. It does not mean there are multiple topics in a sentence - I don’t think that’s ever grammatical.

If the sentences weren’t paired with anything for contrast, this is just an example of using は instead of を in a negative clause. It sounds more natural than を.


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ラリペン
Level: 92

は can be used when contrasting two things, and as a replacement for を in a negative sentence. It does not mean there are multiple topics in a sentence - I don’t think that’s ever grammatical.

If the sentences weren’t paired with anything for contrast, this is just an example of using は instead of を in a negative clause. It sounds more natural than を.


Yeah, I've noticed that this two は particles are only used in negative examples. In positive ones, they used は が を etc. 🤔

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かわうそ
Level: 404

I recommend this explanation as a decent starting place about the は vs the が particle for a brief overview. It is a little difficult to explain briefly, since there is no direct English equivalent.
https://guidetojapanese.org/learn/difference-between-wa-and-ga/

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