đŠ are pretty cool. What do you guys think?
ăȘă
It becomes
ă°ă
1çȘă«ăȘă
It becomes number one
The verb ăȘă is preceded by ă« when it follows a noun or ăȘ-adjective.
ă”ăăăă1çȘă«ăȘă
The owl becomes number one
- The ă particle puts emphasis on the subject.
- It answers the question: Who became number 1?
ăă
çœăă”ăăăă1çȘă«ăȘă
White owl becomes number one
ă-adjectives are used as-is in front of nouns.
ăăăăă
ăéžæăă§çœăă”ăăăă1çȘă«ăȘă
White owl ranks first in the “Election”
The use of 㧠here means ‘among’ or ‘(with)in’.
ăă©ăă¶ă€
ăćç©ăźéžæăă§çœăă”ăăăă1çȘă«ăȘă
White owl ranks first in “Animal Election”
- The particle ăź here is used to tell us what kind of election.
- ăź goes between two nouns or between nouns and adjectives that are kind-of nouns.
ă©ăă¶ă€ăă
ćç©ćăăćç©ăźéžæăă§çœăă”ăăăă1çȘă«ăȘă
White owl ranks first in zoo’s “Animal Election”
The election is specific to the zoo so ăź in the gap here makes the most sense.
ăȘă ăź ăă
é·éçăźćç©ćăăćç©ăźéžæăă§çœăă”ăăăă1çȘă«ăȘă
White owl ranks first in Nagano Zoo’s “Animal Election”
- ç means ‘prefecture.’
- Locations in Japan are often labeled with their classification. This is especially apparent when you look at the names of government organizations.