Particle confusion on Duolingo wa vs wo

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1. If you put wa, it feels like you’re saying meat is editable but when you put wo you’re saying I/you/people in general eat meat. But if you’re still having confusion. Think of it like this, “I wo eat meat”. Since wo is an action partical, you’d have to put wo with eat.

2. The way that helps me is that (wo) describes something being acted on. (Wa) describes who is doing it.

   Eg: わたしはさかなをたべます。

   So the (wo) describes what is being done to the fish. In this case, being eaten.

   Least as I understand it.

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4. This is complicated so I’ll try to keep it simple.

   Both are correct but they do have differences in nuance.

   を can be used in the general sense to mark the object and indicate a new bit of information in the sentence.

   ※ ライオンは肉を食べます。

   A lion eats meat.

   ※ ライオンは何を食べますか？

   ライオンは肉を食べます。

   What does a lion eat?

   A lion eats meat.

   は is used either to agree with something said previously stated or contrast something stated previously. I’ve put the nuance of the sentence in brackets

   ※ ライオンは肉は食べますか？

   ライオンは肉は食べます。

   (Regarding meat,) Does a lion eat meat?

   (Regarding meat, )A lion eats meat.

   ※ ライオンは肉を食べます。野菜は食べません。

   A lion eats meat. (Although a lion eats meat,) It does not eat veggies.

   I hope that helped. It may have made it more confusing 😅

   Also lion has stopped looking like a real word to me 🤣

5. you often use は to negate a statement. see also: 猫**が**好きです and 猫**は**好きではありません