I need some Japanese Language help please...?

Question

I am learning Japanese, I made a sentance:

English: I have a cat (S/V/O)
I put it in Jap: I cat have (S/O/V)

where would I put the "a" ? would I leave it out?
Doumo Arigato!

Answer 1

In normal spoken Japanese the word 'a' does not exist. In Japanese you must intentionally want to imply "one" before you'd even bother to change your way of speaking.

The normal way to say you have a cat is basically to say, "I have cat."

If you really need to say that you have a SINGLE cat, then you can say 'ippiki o katte imasu' which literally means, "I am taking care of (or raising) one cat.

The best advice in normal spoken Japanese it to not intentionally insert quantity into your statements. During your ensuing conversation, it will all be clear how many you are talking about. Otherwise, if the other person wants to know, he/she will ask.

TGW

Answer 2

Japanese does not use "a" as we use it in English. "a" indicates one in English, so in Japanese If you are talking about 1 cat, you don't need to do anything esle except write Watashi wa neko iru. or I cat have. If you have 2 or more cats you include the number of cats as well as a counting word, it gets more difficult... Watashi wa ni biki neko iru. Anyway...Gombate!

Answer 3

Japanese does not have articles (i.e., 'a', 'an', 'the'). The meaning is clear from the context.

Answer 4

we japanese normally don't use "a" or "an " in sentence. so please leave it out !

Answer 5

no a

Answer 6

konnichi wah!