Some context for why the は particle is used in a word: in the past Japanese people used to greet each other by starting small talk about the day, so they’d say こんにちは (今日は).
After that had been established, they’ve realize the same word means “today” and “hello”, which is weird so 今日 started being read as きょう (today).
Oh there are more confusions down the road, I’m just over a beginner hurdle myself with numbers; eg. With 4 when to use よん vs よ vs し.
Repetition will beat it into your head, the best thing language learning has taught me is your brain got a huge amount of storage for what you use daily.
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This is the [particle は](https://cotoacademy.com/why-japanese-particle-ha-%E3%81%AF-is-pronounced-as-wa-%E3%82%8F/), which is pronounced as “wa“ but written with は for historical reasons.
The best part of any language,
“Because.” Why? “Because.”
Some context for why the は particle is used in a word: in the past Japanese people used to greet each other by starting small talk about the day, so they’d say こんにちは (今日は).
After that had been established, they’ve realize the same word means “today” and “hello”, which is weird so 今日 started being read as きょう (today).
Oh there are more confusions down the road, I’m just over a beginner hurdle myself with numbers; eg. With 4 when to use よん vs よ vs し.
Repetition will beat it into your head, the best thing language learning has taught me is your brain got a huge amount of storage for what you use daily.