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When I say I’m now busy, it’s

今は忙しい

But what I don’t understand is that 今 is being used as the topic. I’m this
sentence, the real person that’s busy is me, so if I choose to not omit the
person, but still want to use 今 as the topic, can I use multiple は？

今は、私は忙しい (is this even correct?)

If not what’s the right way of not omitting the subject yet using 今 as the
topic?
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grammar usage particles particle-は
Multiple subject?
You can use multiple は grammatically, although consecutive use of it sounds
weird a little. But basically in Japanese sentence we have only one subject,
as well as in English sentence.

Because "は" is not "to be" verb, but an adverbial (or binding) particles which
strengthens the meaning of the preceding word, the word followed by は is not
necessarily a subject, and whether it becomes a subject or not depends on the
word and the context.

Let's say,

今、私は忙しい - strengthens _I_  
今は、私(が)忙しい - strengthens _Now_

今は、私は忙しい - strengthens both _I_ and _Now_

The last example leads one word to cancel out the importance of another word.
That's why multiple consecutive use of は sounds weird.

And in all 3 examples, 私 is always a subject and 今 is not. Theoretically 今 can
be a subject, but I don't come up with a good example right now.
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