55420
> tamago o yoku tabemasu.
>
> kudamono wa amari tabemasen.

Why for the first sentence with tamago, the particle "o" is used where as for
the second sentence with kudamono, particle "wa" is used?
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-12-25T17:06:04.807
55416
2017-12-26T09:12:48.163
2020-06-17T08:18:27.500
-1
27079
question
particles particle-は
tamago o yoku tabemasu
This is why "wa" is called a _topic_ marker rather than a _subject_ marker.

> ### [Topic
> Marker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_marker#Japanese:_%E3%81%AF)
>
> The topic marker is one of many Japanese particles. It is written with the
> hiragana は, which is normally pronounced _ha_ , but when used as a particle
> is pronounced _wa_. **It is placed after whatever is to be marked as the
> topic.** If what is to be the topic would have had が (ga), the subject
> marker, or を ((w)o), the direct object marker, as its particle, those are
> replaced by は. Other particles (for example: に, と, or で) are not replaced,
> and は is placed after them. (emphasis mine)

は marks the subject of a sentence only in, say, 80% of the cases. In your
case, を was replaced by は because fruit is the (contrasted) topic of the
second sentence. Note that this は is also working as a contrast marker. Also
note that は is much preferred in negative sentences.

See:

  * [What's the difference between wa (は) and ga (が)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/22/5010)
  * [Why is the topic marker often used in negative statements (ではない, ～とは思わない)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1077/5010)
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-12-25T23:30:35.713
55420
2017-12-25T23:30:35.713
5010
55416
answer