What does this に　do in this sentence?　And this わ in the following?


> A: 結婚したいけど、僕 **に** はお金がないから...  
>  B: お金なんか要らない **わ** 。あなたといっしょにいるだけでいいの。

They are printed in bold. I dont really have problems understanding the
sentence. But I wouldn't know what nuances are brought in by the elements in
question.




The first に just indicates existence/possession in this case. I think that
grammatically this kind of construction is called something like _passive
periphrastic_ (EDIT: no it's not. See comments). For example, literally you
would translate it as "to me is (not) money", which means of course "I don't
have money".

Consider also this simple example:

> 私には彼女がいます。

Which means obviously means "I have a girlfriend" although literally it would
be "To me is a girlfriend".

So, to recap, you can think of に as usual as a "pointer". And do you remember
the general rule that when indicating existence with ある・いる these verbs want
the particle に? It's the same thing here as you are basically stating that
"there is (not) money", where? "to you".

Regarding わ, it is just something similar to よ that as you knows adds emphasis
to the sentence. The difference is that わ if I'm not wrong is used mostly by
females. Also, I think it is quite used in Kansai dialect.




The first に just indicates existence/possession in this case. I think that
grammatically this kind of construction is called something like _passive
periphrastic_ (EDIT: no it's not. See comments). For example, literally you
would translate it as "to me is (not) money", which means of course "I don't
have money".

Consider also this simple example:

> 私には彼女がいます。

Which means obviously means "I have a girlfriend" although literally it would
be "To me is a girlfriend".

So, to recap, you can think of に as usual as a "pointer". And do you remember
the general rule that when indicating existence with ある・いる these verbs want
the particle に? It's the same thing here as you are basically stating that
"there is (not) money", where? "to you".

Regarding わ, it is just something similar to よ that as you knows adds emphasis
to the sentence. The difference is that わ if I'm not wrong is used mostly by
females. Also, I think it is quite used in Kansai dialect.

