GA AND KA.
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Watakushi wa kon-do de
Me as-for, this time by,
Fuji ye tosan wa san-
Fnsiyama to ascent as-for, third-
do-me desu ga, shi-awase to,
time is whereas, Ittcki-ly
itsu mo tenki-tsugo ga
alirays ireather-circnmstances (nom.)
yd gozaimasii.
good are.
(This is the third time I have made the ascent of Fusi- yama, and I have each time been lucky enough to have fine weather.
1T 94. Sometimes ga with this adversative force is repeated in two consecutive clauses, as :
Bankokii-koho
ga
aro
international-fate [nom.] may-exist
nam
aro
Hioin>li,sonn-tliiiiff (nom.) may-exist
We may have inter- national law, and we may have all sorts of fine things ; but we
ga,mada mada don bakari tin f
tltonjflt.-stitf still rlsrht onlv - .- J .
tltottgh,-sttn still
dc wa katsu
by, conquer
dekimasen.
comes-not-ottt.
koto
action
ga
(nom.)
from having arrived at a social state in which right always triumphs.
KA.
f 95. I. Ka serves to ask a question, as :
Ariuiasu.
A rimasu ka ?
There is. Is there ?
(The bath is ready (more lit. As-for 2 the bath 1 , it is done 3 .)
Furo wa dekimashlta ka ? Is the bath ready?
If the sentence already contains some other interro- gative word an interrogative pronoun or adverb, ka is often omitted, and it is generally best to omit it, thus :
