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http://www.textfugu.com/season-3/hate/5-7/#top
On this page towards the bottom where there are translations using the の particle
“Q. わたしのくるまはすきですか？
A. No, I hate your car. Translation →
いいえ、あなたのくるまがきらいです”
Why is the question written with は instead of が and the answer vice-versa? Previously on that same page it is written oppositely. I understand the above question could be read as “As for my car, do you like it?” but does it just come down to preference?
Cheers!
Honestly, Koichi’s explanation of は vs が makes me sad.
は marks the topic of a sentence, while が marks the subject of the verb (though in the case of transitive adjectives like すき or きらい, it’s also used to mark what would be the object in English). When the subject IS the topic, the は replaces the が completely.
In the answer to the question, the topic is わたし. Since it’s apparent from the context that it’s the topic, it’s been omitted from the sentence (which often happens to わたし).
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