today i'm gonna be talking about the difference between the particle what and god there is no equivalent for what i'm got in english so today's topic might be a bit confusing especially for beginners but don't worry i tried to explain the difference in the easiest way with a few of visual aids along the way so let's go the basic rule is the use of what and god will depend on the thing you want to specify in your sentence if the thing you want to emphasize is after the particle use what and if it's before use ga still a bit confusing right so let me give you an example in the first example imagine i'm showing a picture of me and i'm telling you that the person in the picture is me in the picture i'm holding there are no other people but me so whatever emphasize is watashi which is after the particle so in this situation what is more natural to say on the other hand in the second example imagine i'm holding a photo of a bunch of people with me somewhere in it in this situation i would point at myself and say this is me craig to let you know that it's me and that you can recognize me from the other people in the photo other examples sounds like you are introducing yourself for the first time so what you want to emphasize here is your name georgie so that's why what is more natural on the other hand in the second example someone is already looking for a person named georgie so you are supposed to say it's me who you are looking for so bokugap george this sounds way more appropriate in this situation honestly japanese people don't think like oh which particle should i use every time we have conversations so i would recommend practicing talking with these two particles to get used to it i'm also going to give you more examples so you understand the difference more easily the particle plus verb the difference we talked about today is for nouns and adjectives however when we use verbs after wa and ga the rule is a bit different basically we use god before verbs like boku ka iku or karega note that this is a basic form on the other hand if you use what before verbs it may sound like you are excluding your subject and usually you will have a follow-up sentence to complete the whole thought for example karega can sound like i'm stating a fact that he came but kali sounds like he came but i don't know about other guys so other sentences are tend to follow after the sentence for example kali kedo kanojo or these sentences are just stating the fact these sentences don't sound complete so other sentences are tend to follow these sentences like joshua and that's it for today in this video i talked about the difference between the particle wa and today's topic is debatable even between japanese people so it's understandable if it confuses you so don't worry about it as i mentioned earlier it might take a while to get used to the difference between wah and ga so i recommend practicing often until you get the hang of it on this channel i upload videos about japanese expressions so if you are currently studying japanese this channel should be helpful so if you like this video don't forget to hit like and subscribe thank you very much for watching i'll see you in the next video [Music] you