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Is my Japanese correct?

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OK. Am I right in saying that:

魚が川で泳ぐ。

means that "fish (in general) swim in rivers."

but:

魚は川で泳ぐ。

means that a certain fish swims the rivers/the river.

is that right

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  1. Hmm

    I think

    "魚が川で泳ぐ。"

    means "A (kind of) fish swims in the river."

    "魚は川で泳ぐ。"

    means "The creatures named fish swim in rivers( and others don't)."

    I feel like this.


  2. yes, it looks correct to me, although im a bit out of practice with my kanji, so the suiei might be conjugated wrong.

    a little trick i used in school, is the japanese language sentence structure is always set up Time, Topic, Place, Object, Verb. (TTPOV)

    for instance, if you wanted to say at 3 o lock, dave went to the bathroom, you would say: san ji ni dave san wa otearai ni ikimashita.

    sorry for the roomaji.

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