分かる(わかる)— understand
これ が 分かる?
Do you understand this?
分かるわかる
understand
わかる
accent [2]In detail
Words
これkorethis
がga(marks what is understood)
分かるwakaruunderstand
Kanji
分ブン・ フン・ プン・ わ(ける)part; minute
In the basic pattern, what you understand takes が: 日本語が分かります means “I understand Japanese.” English treats it as an object, but the Japanese pattern is different.
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