What to do when word ends in は


This question probably sounds stupid, but I may as well ask. Let’s say I have
a dog named Donnaha (pronounced as “dough-nah-hah”), I write it as どんなは.

If I say something like どんなはは犬です, is this grammatically correct? Can I use は
after は?

It’s a very specific case, I know, but I figured it might be nice to know. If
some words end with HA or WA, I’d like to know how to handle them.




There is not much you can do or need to do.

どんなはは犬です is grammatical, but it would give a difficulty in parsing especially
because どんな is an existing word. For the particular case, it is better to
write ドンナハは犬です. (BTW Donnaha is really a possible dog name?)

Similarly use of Kanji and punctuations would make sentences more readable.
The sentence given in the comment is an instance of classic quiz. Slightly
different versions:

  * はははははじょうぶだ。
  * ははのははははははははははははははとわらう。

See [here](http://radphys4.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/%7Etorii/home/etc/hahaha.html) for
the answers (click the link). Also note that, being written only in hiragana
aside, they are a bit artificial.




There is not much you can do or need to do.

どんなはは犬です is grammatical, but it would give a difficulty in parsing especially
because どんな is an existing word. For the particular case, it is better to
write ドンナハは犬です. (BTW Donnaha is really a possible dog name?)

Similarly use of Kanji and punctuations would make sentences more readable.
The sentence given in the comment is an instance of classic quiz. Slightly
different versions:

  * はははははじょうぶだ。
  * ははのははははははははははははははとわらう。

See [here](http://radphys4.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/%7Etorii/home/etc/hahaha.html) for
the answers (click the link). Also note that, being written only in hiragana
aside, they are a bit artificial.

