> Fabian wrote:
> > No, you made a classic mistake of confusing topic and subject. It
means
> > "As for me, it is fish". The sort of thing you might say when asked
what
> > you want to eat at a restaurant.
>
> Well, it COULD be used that way, but in this context "I am a fish" *was*
> the intended meaning. :-) Besides, IIUC, X wa Y desu is usually
> interpreted as X is Y, unless the context makes it clear that another
> meaning is intended.
In order to get that meaning across to a naticve speaker(tm), you'd need
to say "watashi ga sakana desu", in order to disambiguate.
--
Fabian
To find out what makes paranoiacs tic, follow them around and watch them
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