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    bugsug
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    私たちには息子が二人います
    what do the particles に and は combined like this do to change the sentence? does it mean we have two sons still? please help

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    Joel
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    It’s called double particles – they don’t combine, they’re just performing separate functions. The に is marking 私たち as (I think) the indirect object of the sentence, while the は is marking it as the topic. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure what the に is doing in that sentence, but to give another example:

    ここでは友達と会います。

    This basically translates as “Here is where I am meeting my friend.” The で is still marking ここ as the location, while the は also marks it as the subject.

    #22319

    There is a lesson about it somewhere, and from what I remember it can translate in to roughly “for something/someone”
    as in
    この部屋には大きすぎる
    It’s too big for this room

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